Add speak-spanish.ps1

Data/scripts.csv

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ 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 a random Chuck Norris joke by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-quote.ps1, speaks a random quote by text-to-speech (TTS)
+speak-spanish.ps1, speaks the given text with a Spanish text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 speak-test.ps1, performs a speak test by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-text.ps1, speaks the given text by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-time.ps1, speaks the current time by text-to-speech (TTS)

README.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Mega Collection of PowerShell Scripts
 * [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 a random Chuck Norris joke by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [speak-quote.ps1](Scripts/speak-quote.ps1) - speaks a random quote by text-to-speech (TTS)
+* [speak-spanish.ps1](Scripts/speak-spanish.ps1) - speaks the given text with a Spanish text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 * [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)
 * [speak-time.ps1](Scripts/speak-time.ps1) - speaks the current time by text-to-speech (TTS)

Scripts/speak-english.ps1

@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ try {
 	foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) {
 		$Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription()
 		if ($Description -notlike "*- English*") { continue }
-#		write-progress "$Text"
 		$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
 		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
-#		write-progress -complete "$Text"
 		exit 0
 	}
-	write-error "Sorry, no English text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	write-error "No English text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
 	exit 1
 } catch {
 	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/speak-french.ps1

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ try {
 		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
 		exit 0
 	}
-	write-error "Sorry, no French text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	write-error "No French text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
 	exit 1
 } catch {
 	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/speak-german.ps1

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ try {
 		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
 		exit 0
 	}
-	write-error "No German text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	write-error "No German text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
 	exit 1
 } catch {
 	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/speak-italian.ps1

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ try {
 		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
 		exit 0
 	}
-	write-error "No Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	write-error "No Italian text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
 	exit 1
 } catch {
 	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/speak-spanish.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+	speak-spanish.ps1 [<text>]
+.DESCRIPTION
+	Speaks the given text with a Spanish text-to-speech (TTS) voice
+.EXAMPLE
+	PS> .\speak-spanish.ps1 Hola
+.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 "*- Spanish*") { continue }
+		$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
+		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
+		exit 0
+	}
+	write-error "No Spanish text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
+	exit 1
+} catch {
+	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}