From 9f7552b38665e2f68b14bc347ac02094374c8e33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Fleschutz <markus@fleschutz.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 13:46:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added speak-time.ps1

---
 Data/scripts.csv       |  1 +
 README.md              |  3 ++-
 Scripts/speak-time.ps1 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Scripts/speak-time.ps1

diff --git a/Data/scripts.csv b/Data/scripts.csv
index 1bbe6c7a..634aaf3a 100644
--- a/Data/scripts.csv
+++ b/Data/scripts.csv
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ simulate-presence.ps1, simulates the human presence against burglars
 speak-file.ps1, speaks the content of the given text file 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)
+speak-time.ps1, speaks the current time by text-to-speech (TTS)
 switch-shelly1.ps1, switches a Shelly1 device in the local network
 take-screenshot.ps1, takes a single screenshot
 take-screenshots.ps1, takes multiple screenshots
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79d52b2a..a315961c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Collection of Useful PowerShell Scripts
 =======================================
 
-This repository contains 80+ useful and cross-platform PowerShell scripts - to be used by command-line interface (CLI), for remote control (RC), by context menu, by voice control, by automation software (e.g. Jenkins), or simply to learn PowerShell.
+This repository contains 90+ useful and cross-platform PowerShell scripts - to be used by command-line interface (CLI), for remote control (RC), by context menu, by voice control, by automation software (e.g. Jenkins), or simply to learn PowerShell.
 
 List of Scripts
 ---------------
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ The following PowerShell scripts can be found in the [Scripts/](Scripts/) subfol
 * [speak-file.ps1](Scripts/speak-file.ps1) - speaks the content of the given text file 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)
+* [speak-time.ps1](Scripts/speak-time.ps1) - speaks the current time by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [switch-shelly1.ps1](Scripts/switch-shelly1.ps1) - switches a Shelly1 device in the local network
 * [take-screenshot.ps1](Scripts/take-screenshot.ps1) - takes a single screenshot
 * [take-screenshots.ps1](Scripts/take-screenshots.ps1) - takes multiple screenshots
diff --git a/Scripts/speak-time.ps1 b/Scripts/speak-time.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb330220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/speak-time.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+<#
+.SYNTAX         ./speak-time.ps1
+.DESCRIPTION	speaks the current time by text-to-speech (TTS)
+.LINK		https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+.NOTES		Author:	Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
+#>
+
+try {
+	$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
+	$Text = "The current time is $((Get-Date).ToShortTimeString())"
+	$Result = $Voice.Speak($Text)
+	exit 0
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}