<# .SYNOPSIS Speaks text in English .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell scripts speaks the given text with an English text-to-speech (TTS) voice. .PARAMETER text Specifies the text to speak .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-english Hi .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$text = "") try { if ("$text" -eq "") { $text = Read-Host "Enter the English text to speak" } $TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice foreach ($voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) { if ($voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") { $TTS.Voice = $voice [void]$TTS.Speak($text) exit 0 # success } } throw "No English voice for text-to-speech (TTS) found - please install one." } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }