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