## The *speak-french.ps1* Script This PowerShell script speaks the given text with a French text-to-speech (TTS) voice. ## Parameters ```powershell speak-french.ps1 [[-text] ] [] -text Specifies the text to speak Required? false Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false [] This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. ``` ## Example ```powershell PS> ./speak-french Salut ``` ## Notes Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 ## Related Links https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell ## Source Code ```powershell <# .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 voice for text-to-speech (TTS) found - please install one." } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 } ``` *Generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of speak-french.ps1*