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PowerShell/Scripts/speak-text.ps1
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Speaks text by the default text-to-speech voice
.DESCRIPTION
This script speaks the given text by the default text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to read
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./speak-text "Hello World"
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ($text -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the text to speak" }
$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
[void]$Voice.Speak($text)
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
}