Functions/GenXdev.Console/Get-IsSpeaking.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Console Original cmdlet filename : Get-IsSpeaking.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.264.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Returns true if the text-to-speech engine is speaking. .DESCRIPTION Checks the state of both the default and customized speech synthesizers to determine if either is currently speaking. Returns true if speech is in progress, false otherwise. .EXAMPLE Get-IsSpeaking .EXAMPLE iss #> function Get-IsSpeaking { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('iss')] [OutputType([System.Boolean])] param() begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Checking speech synthesizer states...' } process { try { # check both default and customized speech synthesizer states return ( ([GenXdev.Helpers.Misc]::Speech.State -eq 'Speaking') -or ([GenXdev.Helpers.Misc]::SpeechCustomized.State -eq 'Speaking') ) } catch { # return false if unable to check speech state Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Failed to check speech state: $_" return $false } } end { } } |