PowerShell/Scripts/speak-german.ps1
2021-09-16 20:19:10 +02:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
speak-german.ps1 [<text>]
.DESCRIPTION
Speaks the given text with a German text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
.EXAMPLE
PS> .\speak-german.ps1 Hallo
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ($text -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the German text to speak" }
$Voice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
$Voices = $Voice.GetVoices()
foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) {
$Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription()
if ($Description -notlike "*- German*") { continue }
$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
[void]$Voice.Speak($text)
exit 0
}
throw "No German text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
}