#!perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;

# Set up speech.

my $voice = Win32::OLE->new("Speech.VoiceText") 
    or die("TTS failed");

$voice->Register("", "$0"); 
$voice->{Enabled} = 1; # optional

my $question = <<__EOS__;
    mdog has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the fol
+lowing question:  
    So I'd really like to be able to do Text to Speech on a Windows ma
+chine. 
__EOS__

my $answer = <<__EOS__;
    Hello, mdog!
    This example works for me on Win2k, perl 5.6.0.
    It is based on the javascript from article
    http://www.winmag.com/fixes/2000/0901.htm.
    
    Rudif
__EOS__

$voice->Speak($question,  1);
$voice->Speak($answer,  1);

while ($voice->IsSpeaking()) {
    sleep 1;
}


__END__
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