PowerShell/Scripts/speak-file.ps1
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#!/snap/bin/powershell
<#
.SYNTAX ./speak-file.ps1 [<file>]
.DESCRIPTION speaks the content of the given text file by text-to-speech (TTS)
.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>
param([string]$File = "")
try {
if ($File -eq "") {
$File = read-host "Enter path to text file"
}
$Text = Get-Content $File
$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
$Result = $Voice.Speak($Text)
exit 0
} catch {
write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}