Say-HelloWorld.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script uses the Speech API to say "Hello World" 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first loads the Speech API, then creates a  
6.     SpeechSynthesiser object. It uses this object's Speak method 
7.     to speak the time honoured phrase "hello world." 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Say-HelloWorld.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms586901.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Left as an exercise for the reader. 
19. #> 
20. # First load the dll 
21. [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Speech") | out-null 
22. $spk = New-Object system.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer 
23.   
24. # Now say "Hello world" 
25. $spk.Speak("Hello world") 

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Get-InstalledVoice.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the installed Speech Synthesiser voices 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first loads the System.Speech DLL, then 
6.     creates a new SpeechSynthesizer object. It uses this 
7.     object to enumerate the installed speech voices. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-InstalledVoice.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.synthesis.installedvoice%28VS.90%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-InstalledVoice.ps1 
19.  
20.     Gender                : Female 
21.     Age                   : Adult 
22.     Name                  : Microsoft Anna 
23.     Culture               : en-US 
24.     Id                    : MS-Anna-1033-20-DSK 
25.     Description           : Microsoft Anna - English (United States) 
26.     SupportedAudioFormats : {System.Speech.AudioFormat.SpeechAudioFormatInfo} 
27.     AdditionalInfo        : {[Age, Adult], [AudioFormats, 18], [Gender, Female], [Language, 409]...} 
28. #> 
29. # 
30. # First load the dll 
31. $r = [system.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("system.speech") 
32.  
33. # Create a speech synthesizer object and enumerate voices 
34. $spk = New-Object system.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer 
35. $spk.GetInstalledVoices() | %{$_.voiceinfo} 

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