PowerShell/Docs/speak-test.md

The speak-test.ps1 PowerShell Script

speak-test.ps1

Parameters

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

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Performs a text-to-speech test .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script performs a text-to-speech (TTS) test. .EXAMPLE PS> ./speak-test .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

function Speak { param([string]$Text) write-output "'$Text'" [void]$Voice.speak("$Text") }

try { $Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice $DefaultVolume = $Voice.volume $DefaultRate = $Voice.rate Speak("This is the default voice with default volume $DefaultVolume and speed $DefaultRate")

$Voice.rate = -10
Speak("Let's speak very, very slow")
$Voice.rate = -5
Speak("Let's speak very slow")
$Voice.rate = -3
Speak("Let's speak slow")
$Voice.rate = 0
Speak("Let's speak normal")
$Voice.rate = 2
Speak("Let's speak fast")
$Voice.rate = 5
Speak("Let's speak very fast")
$Voice.rate = 10
Speak("Let's speak very, very fast")
$Voice.rate = $DefaultRate

$Voice.volume = 100
Speak("Let's try 100% volume")
$Voice.volume = 75
Speak("Let's try 75% volume")
$Voice.volume = 50
Speak("Let's try 50% volume")
$Voice.volume = 25
Speak("Let's try 25% volume")
$Voice.volume = $DefaultVolume

$Voices = $Voice.GetVoices()
foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) {
	$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
	$Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription()
	Speak("Hi, I'm the voice called $Description")
}
exit 0 # success

} catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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