powershell text to voice

Param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $False)]
  [string]$text
)

if (!($text)) {
  $text = "no text was provided to the script"
}

Write-Output $text
$spk = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SpVoice
$spk.Speak($text)
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
$speech = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer

Foreach ($voice in $speech.GetInstalledVoices()) {
  $Voice.VoiceInfo | Select-Object Gender, Name, Culture, Description
}

$speech.SelectVoice("Microsoft Zira Desktop")
$speech.Speak($text)