Functions/GenXdev.Console/SayDate.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Console Original cmdlet filename : SayDate.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.268.2025 ################################################################################ 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 Speaks the current date using text-to-speech synthesis. .DESCRIPTION Converts the current date into a natural language format and announces it using the system's text-to-speech engine. The date is spoken in the format: "It is [day of week], [month] [day] [year]" .EXAMPLE SayDate Announces today's date using text-to-speech #> function SayDate { [CmdletBinding()] param() begin { # format current date into natural speech pattern # e.g. "It is Monday, January 1 2024" $dateText = 'It is ' + [DateTime]::Now.ToString('dddd, MMMM d yyyy') # log the text that will be spoken Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Preparing to speak: $dateText" } process { # use text-to-speech engine to announce the date # suppress output by assigning to $null $null = GenXdev.Console\Start-TextToSpeech $dateText } end { } } |