PowerShell/Scripts/give-reply.ps1
2022-04-13 12:06:32 +02:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gives a reply
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script gives a reply in English on the console and by text-to-speech (TTS).
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to speak
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./give-reply "Hello World"
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>
param([string]$text = "")
function GetTempDir {
if ("$env:TEMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TEMP" }
if ("$env:TMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TMP" }
if ($IsLinux) { return "/tmp" }
return "C:\Temp"
}
try {
# print reply on the console:
"$text"
# speak by text-to-speech (TTS):
if (!$IsLinux) {
$TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) {
if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") { $TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice }
}
[void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text)
}
# remember last reply:
"$text" > "$(GetTempDir)/last_reply_given.txt"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}