diff --git a/Data/scripts.csv b/Data/scripts.csv
index df487ed6..31e507ea 100644
--- a/Data/scripts.csv
+++ b/Data/scripts.csv
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ speak-epub.ps1, speaks the content of the given Epub file by text-to-speech (TTS
 speak-file.ps1, speaks the content of the given text file by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-french.ps1, speaks the given text with a French text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 speak-german.ps1, speaks the given text with a German text-to-speech (TTS) voice
+speak-italian.ps1, speaks the given text with an Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 speak-joke.ps1, speaks the next joke by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-test.ps1, performs a speak test by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-text.ps1, speaks the given text by text-to-speech (TTS)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed342017..6e5b9110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Mega Collection of PowerShell Scripts
 * [speak-file.ps1](Scripts/speak-file.ps1) - speaks the content of the given text file by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [speak-french.ps1](Scripts/speak-french.ps1) - speaks the given text with a French text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 * [speak-german.ps1](Scripts/speak-german.ps1) - speaks the given text with a German text-to-speech (TTS) voice
+* [speak-italian.ps1](Scripts/speak-italian.ps1) - speaks the given text with an Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 * [speak-joke.ps1](Scripts/speak-joke.ps1) - speaks the next joke by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [speak-test.ps1](Scripts/speak-test.ps1) - performs a speak test by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [speak-text.ps1](Scripts/speak-text.ps1) - speaks the given text by text-to-speech (TTS)
diff --git a/Scripts/speak-italian.ps1 b/Scripts/speak-italian.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cbbed4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/speak-italian.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+	speak-italian.ps1 [<text>]
+.DESCRIPTION
+	Speaks the given text with an Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice
+.EXAMPLE
+	PS> .\speak-italian.ps1 Ciao
+.LINK
+	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+.NOTES
+	Author:  Markus Fleschutz
+	License: CC0
+#>
+
+param([string]$Text = "")
+
+try {
+	if ($Text -eq "") { $Text = read-host "Enter the text to speak" }
+
+	$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
+	$Voices = $Voice.GetVoices()
+	foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) {
+		$Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription()
+		if ($Description -notlike "*- Italian*") { continue }
+		$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
+		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
+		exit 0
+	}
+	write-error "No Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	exit 1
+} catch {
+	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}