PowerShell/Docs/speak-dutch.md
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## The *speak-dutch.ps1* PowerShell Script
This PowerShell script speaks the given text with a Dutch text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
## Parameters
```powershell
speak-dutch.ps1 [[-text] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-text <String>
Specifies the text to speak
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
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
```powershell
PS> ./speak-dutch Hallo
```
## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Speaks text in Dutch
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script speaks the given text with a Dutch text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to speak
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./speak-dutch Hallo
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ($text -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the Dutch text to speak" }
$TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) {
if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- Dutch*") {
$TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice
[void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text)
exit 0 # success
}
}
throw "No Dutch voice for text-to-speech (TTS) found - please install one"
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
```
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