<# .SYNOPSIS Gives a reply .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script gives a reply in English on the console and by text-to-speech (TTS). .PARAMETER text Specifies the text to speak .EXAMPLE PS> ./give-reply "Hello World" .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([string]$text = "") function GetTempDir { if ("$env:TEMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TEMP" } if ("$env:TMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TMP" } if ($IsLinux) { return "/tmp" } return "C:\Temp" } try { # print reply on the console: " ← $text" # speak by text-to-speech (TTS): if (!$IsLinux) { $TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) { if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") { $TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice } } [void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text) } # remember last reply: "$text" > "$(GetTempDir)/last_reply_given.txt" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }