<# .SYNOPSIS speak-test.ps1 .DESCRIPTION performs a test speak by text-to-speech (TTS) .EXAMPLE PS> .\speak-test.ps1 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> function Speak { param([string]$Text) write-output "'$Text'" [void]$Voice.speak("$Text") } try { $Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice $DefaultVolume = $Voice.volume $DefaultRate = $Voice.rate Speak("This is the default voice with default volume $DefaultVolume and speed $DefaultRate") $Voice.rate = -10 Speak("Let's speak very, very slow") $Voice.rate = -5 Speak("Let's speak very slow") $Voice.rate = -3 Speak("Let's speak slow") $Voice.rate = 0 Speak("Let's speak normal") $Voice.rate = 2 Speak("Let's speak fast") $Voice.rate = 5 Speak("Let's speak very fast") $Voice.rate = 10 Speak("Let's speak very, very fast") $Voice.rate = $DefaultRate $Voice.volume = 100 Speak("Let's try 100% volume") $Voice.volume = 75 Speak("Let's try 75% volume") $Voice.volume = 50 Speak("Let's try 50% volume") $Voice.volume = 25 Speak("Let's try 25% volume") $Voice.volume = $DefaultVolume $Voices = $Voice.GetVoices() foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) { $Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice $Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription() Speak("Hi, I'm the voice called $Description") } exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }