PowerShell/Scripts/speak-spanish.ps1
2021-10-27 07:26:54 +02:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Speaks text with a Spanish text-to-speech voice
.DESCRIPTION
This script speaks the given text with a Spanish text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
Requires that a Spanish TTS voice is installed.
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to speak
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./speak-spanish Hola
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ($text -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the Spanish text to speak" }
$CurrentVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
$Voices = $CurrentVoice.GetVoices()
foreach ($Voice in $Voices) {
if ($Voice.GetDescription() -notlike "*- Spanish*") { continue }
$CurrentVoice.Voice = $Voice
[void]$CurrentVoice.Speak($text)
exit 0 # success
}
throw "No Spanish text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
}