Make PowerShell Speak!

By adding a new system type called System.Speech, you can make PowerShell speak out loudly:

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech

$synthesizer = New-Object -TypeName System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
$synthesizer.Speak('Hey, I can speak!')

This .NET approach can replace the old COM-based approach occasionally used:

$oldstuff = New-Object –COMObject SAPI.SpVoice
$oldstuff.Speak(‘Hey, I can speak!’) | Out-Null

The .NET code can do much more, supports lexicons and provides more information. This line will list the voices installed on your system for example:

$synthesizer.GetInstalledVoices() | ForEach-Object { $_.VoiceInfo }

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