Also related: If you just want your computer to read something to you out loud, you can do that too. This code works on Windows XP and higher. This code creates a VBScript file on the hard drive and executes it, so it's not the most ideal solution, but the job gets done! Lol

If you're wondering why this script creates a TEMP folder, it's because Windows 8 and higher will give an Access Denied error if you try to create a file in the root folder. So, we can't create a temp file like C:\TEMP.TXT or anything like that. Windows XP would handle it all right, but Windows 10 requires you to have admin privilege for that. But you don't need admin privilege to create a folder and put a file within that folder.)

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;

SAY("Hello World!!!");
exit;

# Usage: STATUS = SAY(TEXT, VOLUME) - Reads a text in computer voice o
+n Windows computers (tested on Windows XP) Returns 1 if something was
+ read or 0 if nothing was read
sub SAY
{
  @_ or return 0;
  my $TEXT = shift;
  defined $TEXT or return 0;
  length($TEXT) or return 0;
  my $VOLUME = @_ ? shift : 100;
  defined $VOLUME or $VOLUME = 100;
  length($VOLUME) or $VOLUME = 100;

  $TEXT =~ tr|\"| |;     # Remove all quotes
  print "\n\n$TEXT\n\n"; # For those who are deaf, it's important to a
+lso print the same message.

  my $TEMP_VBS_FILE = 'C:\\TEMP\\SAY.VBS';
  my $TEMPDIR = substr($TEMP_VBS_FILE, 0, rindex($TEMP_VBS_FILE, "\\")
+ + 1);

  my $VB_SCRIPT = "IF Wscript.Arguments.length > 1 THEN\nSET VOICE = C
+reateObject(\"SAPI.SpVoice\")\nVOICE.Volume = Wscript.Arguments(0)\nV
+OICE.Speak Wscript.Arguments(1)\nELSE\nWscript.echo \"Usage: say.vbs 
+<VOLUME> <TEXT>\"\nEND IF\n";
  unless (-f $TEMP_VBS_FILE && -s $TEMP_VBS_FILE == length($VB_SCRIPT)
+)
  {
    mkdir $TEMPDIR;
    open(SCRIPTFILE, "> $TEMP_VBS_FILE") or return 0;
    print SCRIPTFILE $VB_SCRIPT;
    close SCRIPTFILE;
  }
  `$TEMP_VBS_FILE $VOLUME \"$TEXT\"`;
  #unlink $TEMP_VBS_FILE;
  #rmdir $TEMPDIR;
  return 1;
}
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