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33 lines
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PowerShell
Executable File
33 lines
866 B
PowerShell
Executable File
#!/bin/powershell
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<#
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.SYNTAX ./speak-english.ps1 [<text>]
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.DESCRIPTION speaks the given text with an English text-to-speech (TTS) voice
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.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
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.NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
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#>
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param($Text = "")
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try {
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$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 -like "*- English*") {
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if ($Text -eq "") {
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$Text = read-host "Enter the text to speak"
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}
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write-progress "$Text"
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$Voice.Voice = $OtherVoice
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[void]$Voice.Speak($Text)
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write-progress -complete "$Text"
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exit 0
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}
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}
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write-error "Sorry, no English text-to-speech (TTS) voice found"
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exit 1
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} catch {
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write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
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exit 1
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}
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