<# .SYNOPSIS Speaks text in French .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script speaks the given text with a French text-to-speech (TTS) voice. .PARAMETER text Specifies the text to speak .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-french 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 French text to speak" } $TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice foreach ($voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) { if ($voice.GetDescription() -like "*- French*") { $TTS.Voice = $voice [void]$TTS.Speak($text) exit 0 # success } } throw "No French text-to-speech voice found - please install one." } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }