From c4e6be8316e0d5ab9f64b5302ed401185986dd3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Fleschutz <markus.fleschutz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:06:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add speak-russian.ps1

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 Scripts/speak-russian.ps1 | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Scripts/speak-russian.ps1

diff --git a/Scripts/speak-russian.ps1 b/Scripts/speak-russian.ps1
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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+	Speaks text in Russian
+.DESCRIPTION
+	This PowerShell script speaks the text with a Russian text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
+.PARAMETER text
+	Specifies the Russian text
+.EXAMPLE
+	PS> ./speak-russian.ps1 "Привет"
+.LINK
+	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+.NOTES
+	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
+#>
+
+param([string]$text = "")
+
+try {
+	if ($text -eq "") { $text = Read-Host "Enter the Russian text" }
+
+	$TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
+	foreach ($voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) {
+		if ($voice.GetDescription() -like "*- Russian*") { 
+			$TTS.Voice = $voice
+			[void]$TTS.Speak("Путин вторгся в Украину и проиграет войну!")
+			exit 0 # success
+		}
+	}
+	throw "No Russian text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
+} catch {
+	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}