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