Command line Text-to-Speech

speak.ahk

#NoEnv

; Require exactly one command line argument
; "The left side of a non-expression if-statement is always the name of a variable." -- https://autohotkey.com/docs/Scripts.htm#cmd
if 0 != 1
{
  ; Exit the script with code 1 (error)
  ExitApp, 1
}

; The first command line argument is the text to say
Loop, %0%
{
  speech := %A_Index%
  break
}

voice := ComObjCreate("SAPI.SpVoice")
; Try to set the voice to a female voice
Try {
  voice.Voice := voice.GetVoices.item(1)
}

voice.Speak(speech)

ExitApp