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Speak-Hindi

Speaks text in Hindi

#requires -version 5.1

param([string]$text = "")

try {
	if ($text -eq "") { $text = Read-Host "Enter the Hindi text to speak" }

	$TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
	foreach ($voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) {
		if ($voice.GetDescription() -like "*- Hindi*") { 
			$TTS.Voice = $voice
			[void]$TTS.Speak($text)
			exit 0 # success
		}
	}
	throw "No Hindi text-to-speech voice found - please install one"
} catch {
	"?? ERROR: $($Error[0]) (script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

Specifies the Hindi text to speak

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