<# .SYNOPSIS Converts text to a .WAV audio file .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script converts text to a .WAV audio file. .PARAMETER text Specifies the text to use .PARAMETER WavFile Specifies the path to the resulting WAV file .EXAMPLE PS> ./convert-txt2wav "Hello World" spoken.wav .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$Text = "", [string]$WavFile = "") try { if ($Text -eq "") { $Text = read-host "Enter text to speak" } if ($WavFile -eq "") { $WavFile = read-host "Enter .WAV file to save to" } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech $SpeechSynthesizer = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer $SpeechSynthesizer.SetOutputToWaveFile($WavFile) $SpeechSynthesizer.Speak($Text) $SpeechSynthesizer.Dispose() exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }