<#
.SYNTAX       speak-text.ps1 [<text>]
.DESCRIPTION  speaks the given text by text-to-speech (TTS)
.LINK         https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES        Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>

param($Text = "")
if ($Text -eq "") { $Text = read-host "Enter the text to speak" }

try {
	$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
	$Result = $Voice.Speak($Text)
	exit 0
} catch {
	write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}