Add speak-french.ps1

Data/scripts.csv

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ speak-date.ps1, speaks the current date by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-english.ps1, speaks the given text with an English text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 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-joke.ps1, speaks the next joke by text-to-speech (TTS)
 speak-test.ps1, performs a speak test by text-to-speech (TTS)

README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Mega Collection of PowerShell Scripts
 * [speak-english.ps1](Scripts/speak-english.ps1) - speaks the given text with an English text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 * [speak-epub.ps1](Scripts/speak-epub.ps1) - speaks the content of the given Epub file by text-to-speech (TTS)
 * [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-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)

Scripts/speak-french.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+	speak-french.ps1 [<text>]
+.DESCRIPTION
+	Speaks the given text with a French text-to-speech (TTS) voice
+.EXAMPLE
+	PS> .\speak-french.ps1 Salut
+.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 "*- French*") { continue }
+		$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
+		[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
+		exit 0
+	}
+	write-error "Sorry, no French text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
+	exit 1
+} catch {
+	write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}

Scripts/speak-german.ps1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .DESCRIPTION
 	Speaks the given text with a German text-to-speech (TTS) voice
 .EXAMPLE
-	PS> .\speak-german.ps1 "Sauerkraut"
+	PS> .\speak-german.ps1 Hallo
 .LINK
 	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
 .NOTES