PowerShell/Scripts/speak-english.ps1
2021-10-27 07:17:41 +02:00

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