PowerShell/Scripts/speak-file.ps1
2021-10-04 21:29:23 +02:00

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Speaks the content of the given text file by text-to-speech (TTS)
.DESCRIPTION
speak-file.ps1 [<file>]
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./speak-file C:\MyFile.txt
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
param([string]$File = "")
try {
if ($File -eq "") { $File = read-host "Enter path to text file" }
$Text = Get-Content $File
$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
$Result = $Voice.Speak($Text)
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
}