# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title:
# description: I WILL CONTROL YOUR LIFE GIVE ME TIME AND ILL RULE YOU ALL
# version: 1.1
# type: script
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 6562
# x-archived: 2016-11-29T02:27:52
#
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# Description: Add Voice to Powershell
# Version: 1.1 (11 Nov 2008)
# Mike Hays / www.mike-hays.net / blog.mike-hays.net
# Virtualization, Powershell, and more...
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# This is the actual speaking part. I cheat by adding spaces
# (This makes the word sound right).
$spokenText = "Super ca li fragilistic expi alidocious"
# Create an object that represents the COM SAPI.SpVoice
$voice = New-Object -com SAPI.SpVoice
# Get the list of available voices
$voiceList = $voice.GetVoices()
# This script prefers using LH Michelle as a stand-in for Mary Poppins,
# but I can't be sure that she exists on all computers, so I check for that.
# She comes with some installations of Microsoft Word 2003.
$voiceDescList = @()
for ($i=0; $i -lt $voiceList.Count; $i++)
{
$voiceDescList += $voiceList.Item($i).GetDescription()
}
if ($voiceDescList -contains "LH Michelle")
{
$voiceMember = "Name=LH Michelle"
}
else
{
# This is the default voice if LH Michelle doesn't exist.
# This will probably be Microsoft Sam
$voiceMember = "Name=" + $voiceDescList[0]
}
$voiceToUse = $voice.GetVoices($voiceMember)
# This sets the voice property on the COM object
$voice.Voice = $voiceToUse.Item(0)
# This actually does the speaking.
[void] $voice.Speak($spokenText)
# She's no Julie Andrews, but she'll say what you want.
# END