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33 lines
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PowerShell
Executable File
33 lines
850 B
PowerShell
Executable File
<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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speak-english.ps1 [<text>]
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.DESCRIPTION
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Speaks the given text with an English text-to-speech (TTS) voice
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.EXAMPLE
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PS> ./speak-english "Hello World"
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.NOTES
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Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
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.LINK
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
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#>
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param([string]$text = "")
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try {
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if ("$text" -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the English text to speak" }
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$Voice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
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$Voices = $Voice.GetVoices()
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foreach ($OtherVoice in $Voices) {
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$Description = $OtherVoice.GetDescription()
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if ($Description -notlike "*- English*") { continue }
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$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
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[void]$Voice.Speak($text)
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exit 0
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}
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throw "No English text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
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} catch {
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"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
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exit 1
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}
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