*speak-countdown.ps1* ================ This PowerShell script speaks a countdown by text-to-speech (TTS) starting from a given number. Parameters ---------- ```powershell PS> ./speak-countdown.ps1 [[-StartNumber] ] [] -StartNumber Specifies the number to start from (10 by default) Required? false Position? 1 Default value 10 Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false [] This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. ``` Example ------- ```powershell PS> ./speak-countdown 60 ``` Notes ----- Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 Related Links ------------- https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell Script Content -------------- ```powershell <# .SYNOPSIS Speaks a countdown by text-to-speech .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script speaks a countdown by text-to-speech (TTS) starting from a given number. .PARAMETER StartNumber Specifies the number to start from (10 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-countdown 60 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$StartNumber = 10) try { for ([int]$i = $StartNumber; $i -gt 0; $i--) { & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" $i Start-Sleep -milliseconds 200 } & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "zero" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 } ``` *(generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of speak-countdown.ps1 as of 07/29/2023 10:33:49)*