PowerShell/Scripts/speak-test.ps1
2021-04-21 19:53:52 +02:00

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<#
.SYNTAX speak-test.ps1
.DESCRIPTION performs a test speak by text-to-speech (TTS)
.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
} catch {
write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}