PowerShell/Docs/speak-countdown.md

The speak-countdown.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script speaks a countdown by text-to-speech (TTS) starting from a given number.

Parameters

speak-countdown.ps1 [[-StartNumber] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

-StartNumber <Int32>
    Specifies the number to start from (10 by default)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                10
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./speak-countdown 60

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<#
.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
}

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