<# .SYNOPSIS Speaks a countdown by text-to-speech .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script speaks a countdown by text-to-speech (TTS) starting from a given number. .PARAMETER startNumber Specifies the number to start from (10 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-countdown.ps1 60 (listen and enjoy) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$startNumber = 10) try { for ([int]$i = $startNumber; $i -gt 0; $i--) { & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" $i Start-Sleep -milliseconds 200 } & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "Zero and lift-off!" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }