<# .SYNOPSIS Converts text to a .WAV audio file .DESCRIPTION This script converts text to a .WAV audio file. .PARAMETER text Specifies the text to use .PARAMETER WavFile Specifies the path to the resulting WAV file .EXAMPLE PS> ./convert-txt2wav "Hello World" spoken.wav .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> param([string]$Text = "", [string]$WavFile = "") try { if ($Text -eq "") { $Text = read-host "Enter text to speak" } if ($WavFile -eq "") { $WavFile = read-host "Enter .WAV file to save to" } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech $SpeechSynthesizer = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer $SpeechSynthesizer.SetOutputToWaveFile($tWavFile) $SpeechSynthesizer.Speak($Text) $SpeechSynthesizer.Dispose() exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }