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Windows: Using Windows text to speech feature with powershell

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Hi,

Windows has a builtin feature to convert text to speech and play it over the speakers. This can be used in powershell by using the System.Speech namespace.

First of all include the namespace

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PS D:\> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech

Then create an instance of the SpeechSynthesizer class

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PS D:\> $SpeechEngine = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer

Make a first test

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PS D:\> $SpeechEngine.Speak("Passt schon")

Get all installed language details

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PS D:\> $SpeechEngine.GetInstalledVoices() | Select-Object -ExpandProperty VoiceInfo
Gender                : Male
Age                   : Adult
Name                  : Microsoft David Desktop
Culture               : en-US
Id                    : TTS_MS_EN-US_DAVID_11.0
Description           : Microsoft David Desktop - English (United States)
SupportedAudioFormats : {}
AdditionalInfo        : {[Age, Adult], [Gender, Male], [Language, 409], [Name, Microsoft David Desktop]...}
 
Gender                : Female
Age                   : Adult
Name                  : Microsoft Zira Desktop
Culture               : en-US
Id                    : TTS_MS_EN-US_ZIRA_11.0
Description           : Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)
SupportedAudioFormats : {}
AdditionalInfo        : {[Age, Adult], [Gender, Female] , [Language, 409], [Name, Microsoft Zira Desktop]...}

Select the voice which fits your needs (must be supported bei the installed language)

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PS D:\> [System.enum]::GetNames([System.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceGender])
NotSet
Male
Female
Neutral
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PS D:\> [System.enum]::GetNames([System.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceAge])
NotSet
Child
Teen
Adult
Senior

Set the output details

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PS D:\> $SpeechEngine.SelectVoiceByHints([System.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceGender]::Female,[System.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceAge]::Adult,1,"en-US")

Show whats set

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PS D:\> $SpeechEngine.voice
 
 
Gender                : Female
Age                   : Adult
Name                  : Microsoft Zira Desktop
Culture               : en-US
Id                    : TTS_MS_EN-US_ZIRA_11.0
Description           : Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)
SupportedAudioFormats : {}
AdditionalInfo        : {[Age, Adult], [Gender, Female], [Language, 409], [Name, Microsoft Zira Desktop]...}

Additional languages can be installed by download the Language pack DVD. For example german

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PS D:\> Dism /online /Add-Capability /capabilityname:Language.Speech~~~de-de~0.0.1.0 /source:D:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures
PS D:\> Dism /online /Add-Capability /capabilityname:Language.TextToSpeech~~~de-de~0.0.1.0 /source:D:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures

Or from the Microsoft store.

Michael

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