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#.SYNOPSIS
#   Demo how to use a COM object to speak audible text.
#.NOTES
#   Date: 28.Mar.2015
#   Version: 1.3
#   Author: Enclave Consulting LLC, Jason Fossen
#   Legal: 0BSD
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Param ( $TextToSpeak = "You can make your computer say anything you wish, such as for audio alerts." ) 



function Speak-Text( $TextToSpeak = "Please tell me what to say!" )
{
    $Voice = new-object -com "SAPI.SpVoice" -strict
    $Voice.Rate = -2                         # Valid Range: -10 to 10, slowest to fastest, 0 default.
    $Voice.Speak( $TextToSpeak ) | out-null  # Piped to null to suppress text output.
}




Speak-Text -TextToSpeak $TextToSpeak