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Powershell/Speech/list_voices-old.ps1

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+# Check if the System.Speech assembly is available
+try {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Windows Text-to-Speech (SAPI5) is not installed or not available. Please ensure you have Windows 10/11 with the latest updates."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Create a SpeechSynthesizer instance
+$synth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
+
+# Check if the synthesizer can retrieve voices
+try {
+    # Get the list of available voices
+    #$voices = $synth.GetVoices()
+    $voices = $synth.GetInstalledVoices()|ForEach-Object { $_.VoiceInfo }
+    if ($voices.Count -eq 0) {
+        Write-Host "No TTS voices available." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Available TTS Voices:" -ForegroundColor Green
+        Write-Host "------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
+
+        foreach ($voice in $voices) {
+            $voiceName = $voice.Name
+            $voiceInfo = $voice.Info
+            $language = $voiceInfo.Language
+            $displayName = $voiceInfo.DisplayName
+            $gender = $voiceInfo.Gender
+Write-Host $voice.name
+            Write-Host "Name: $voiceName" -ForegroundColor White
+            Write-Host "  Language: $language" -ForegroundColor Gray
+            Write-Host "  Display Name: $displayName" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+            Write-Host "  Gender: $gender" -ForegroundColor Magenta
+            Write-Host "------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
+        }
+    }
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Error retrieving voices: $_"
+    exit 1
+}

Powershell/Speech/list_voices.ps1

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+Add-Type -AssemblyName System.speech
+$speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
+$speak.GetInstalledVoices()|ForEach-Object { $_.VoiceInfo }

Powershell/Speech/say-old.ps1

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+# Check if the System.Speech assembly is available
+try {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Windows Text-to-Speech (SAPI5) is not installed or not available. Please ensure you have Windows 10/11 with the latest updates."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Get user input
+$text = Read-Host "Enter text to speak:"
+
+# Create a SpeechSynthesizer instance
+$synth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
+
+try {
+    # Speak the text
+    $synth.Speak($text)
+    Write-Host "Text spoken successfully."
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Error speaking text: $_"
+}

Powershell/Speech/say.ps1

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+# Check if the System.Speech assembly is available
+try {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Windows Text-to-Speech (SAPI5) is not installed or not available. Please ensure you have Windows 10/11 with the latest updates."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Check for command-line arguments
+if (-not $args) {
+    Write-Error "Error: No text provided. Usage: .\speak.ps1 'Your Text Here'"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Use first command-line argument as text to speak
+$text = $args[0]
+
+# Create SpeechSynthesizer
+$synth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
+
+try {
+    #$synth.SelectVoice("Microsoft David Desktop")
+    $synth.SelectVoice("Microsoft Hazel Desktop")
+    #$synth.SelectVoice("Microsoft Zira Desktop")
+    # Speak the text
+    $synth.Speak($text)
+    #Write-Host "Text spoken successfully."
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Error speaking text: $_"
+    exit 1
+}