From e40628bad2645e13998d110de11fcb1a5f0a002d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Fleschutz <markus@fleschutz.de>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 16:29:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update give-reply.ps1 and tell-joke.ps1

---
 Scripts/give-reply.ps1 | 21 ++++++++-------------
 Scripts/tell-joke.ps1  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Scripts/give-reply.ps1 b/Scripts/give-reply.ps1
index 11866213..187d2769 100755
--- a/Scripts/give-reply.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/give-reply.ps1
@@ -23,22 +23,17 @@ function GetTempDir {
 }
 
 try {
-	# print reply on the console:
-	" ← $text"
-
-	# speak by text-to-speech (TTS):
-	if (!$IsLinux) {
-		$TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
-		foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) {
-			if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") { $TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice }
+	Write-Host '“'$text' ”' # to write the reply on the console
+	if (!$IsLinux) { 
+		$TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
+		foreach($Voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) {
+			if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") { $TTS.Voice = $Voice }
 		}
-		[void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text)
+		[void]$TTS.Speak($text)
 	}
-
-	# remember last reply:
-	"$text" > "$(GetTempDir)/last_reply_given.txt"
+	"$text" > "$(GetTempDir)/last_reply_given.txt" # to remember last reply
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
 	exit 1
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Scripts/tell-joke.ps1 b/Scripts/tell-joke.ps1
index 49efbde8..356a3238 100755
--- a/Scripts/tell-joke.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/tell-joke.ps1
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ try {
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
 	exit 1
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file