PowerShell/Scripts/give-reply.ps1
2021-12-06 17:05:28 +01:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gives a reply
.DESCRIPTION
This script gives a reply in English on the console and by text-to-speech (TTS).
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to speak
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./give-reply "Hello World"
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
# print reply on the console:
"$text"
# speak by text-to-speech (TTS):
$TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) {
if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- English*") {
$TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice
[void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text)
break
}
}
# remember last reply:
"$text" > "$HOME/.last_reply.txt"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
}