ms speech from command line

Question

Is there a way to use the MS Speech utility from command line? I can do it on a mac, but can\'t find any reference to it on Windows XP.

Answer 1

There is a powershell way also:

Create a file called speak.ps1

param([string]$inputText)
Add-Type –AssemblyName System.Speech 
$synth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
$synth.Speak($inputText);

Then you can call it

.\speak.ps1 "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"