")) { $line = $line -Replace "<.+?>","" Speak $line } if ($line.contains("<p")) { $line = $line -Replace "<.+?>","" Speak $line } } Set-Content -Path $bookPath"\progress.txt" -Value ("") } function UnzipFile() { param([string]$file, [string]$dest) $shell = new-object -com shell.application $zip = $shell.NameSpace($file) foreach($item in $zip.items()) { $shell.Namespace($dest).copyhere($item) } } if ($Filename -eq "") { $Filename = Read-Host "Enter path to .epub file" } write-output "Reading $Filename ..." $file = get-item $Filename if (-not(Test-Path $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name+".zip")) { $zipFile = $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name+".zip" $file.CopyTo($zipFile) } $destination = $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name.Replace($file.Extension,"") if (-not(Test-Path $destination)) { md $destination UnzipFile -file $zipFile -dest $destination } [xml]$container = Get-Content $destination"\META-INF\container.xml" $contentFilePath = $container.container.rootfiles.rootfile."full-path" [xml]$content = Get-Content $destination"\"$contentFilePath $tmpPath = Get-Item $destination"\"$contentFilePath $bookPath = $tmpPath.DirectoryName $progress = $null foreach($item in $content.package.manifest.Item) { if ($item."media-type" -eq "application/xhtml+xml") { if (Test-Path $bookPath+"\progress.txt") { $progress = Get-Content $bookPath"\progress.txt" $progress = $progress.Split(",") } $bookFileName = $item.href if ($progress.Count -eq 2) { if ($progress[0] -eq $bookPath+"\"+$bookFileName) { ReadBook -book $bookPath"\"$bookFileName -bookPath $bookPath -lineNumber $progress[1] } } else { ReadBook -book $bookPath"\"$bookFileName -bookPath $bookPath } } } exit 0 # success

<# .SYNOPSIS Speaks an Epub file by text-to-speech (TTS). .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script speaks the content of the given Epub file by text-to-speech (TTS). .PARAMETER Filename Specifies the path to the Epub file .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-epub C:\MyBook.epub .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$Filename = "") function Speak { param([string]$Text) write-output "$Text" $Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice $Voices = $Voice.GetVoices() foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) { $Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription() if ($Description -like "*- English (United States)") { $Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice break } } [void]$Voice.Speak($Text) } function ReadBook() { param([string]$book, [string]$bookPath, [int]$lineNumber = 0) $data = Get-Content $book for([int]$i=$lineNumber;$i -lt $data.Count;$i++) { Set-Content -Path $bookPath"\progress.txt" -Value ($book+","+$i) $line = $data[$i] if ($line.Contains("")) { $line = $line -Replace "<.+?>","" Speak $line } if ($line.contains("<p")) { $line = $line -Replace "<.+?>","" Speak $line } } Set-Content -Path $bookPath"\progress.txt" -Value ("") } function UnzipFile() { param([string]$file, [string]$dest) $shell = new-object -com shell.application $zip = $shell.NameSpace($file) foreach($item in $zip.items()) { $shell.Namespace($dest).copyhere($item) } } if ($Filename -eq "") { $Filename = Read-Host "Enter path to .epub file" } write-output "Reading $Filename ..." $file = get-item $Filename if (-not(Test-Path $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name+".zip")) { $zipFile = $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name+".zip" $file.CopyTo($zipFile) } $destination = $file.DirectoryName+"\"+$file.Name.Replace($file.Extension,"") if (-not(Test-Path $destination)) { md $destination UnzipFile -file $zipFile -dest $destination } [xml]$container = Get-Content $destination"\META-INF\container.xml" $contentFilePath = $container.container.rootfiles.rootfile."full-path" [xml]$content = Get-Content $destination"\"$contentFilePath $tmpPath = Get-Item $destination"\"$contentFilePath $bookPath = $tmpPath.DirectoryName $progress = $null foreach($item in $content.package.manifest.Item) { if ($item."media-type" -eq "application/xhtml+xml") { if (Test-Path $bookPath+"\progress.txt") { $progress = Get-Content $bookPath"\progress.txt" $progress = $progress.Split(",") } $bookFileName = $item.href if ($progress.Count -eq 2) { if ($progress[0] -eq $bookPath+"\"+$bookFileName) { ReadBook -book $bookPath"\"$bookFileName -bookPath $bookPath -lineNumber $progress[1] } } else { ReadBook -book $bookPath"\"$bookFileName -bookPath $bookPath } } } exit 0 # success