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Miscellaneous PowerShell scripts for everyday utility tasks.

Prerequisites

• PowerShell 7+
• Speak-Text.ps1 requires Windows with the System.Speech assembly (not available on Linux/macOS)

Scripts

Get-WeatherInfo.ps1

Fetches and displays the current weather for your location using the free wttr.in service.

Get-WeatherInfo.ps1

The weather information is shown in a text-based format directly in the terminal. No API key is required — wttr.in automatically detects your location from your IP address.

Example output:

Weather report: Berlin, Germany

      \   /     Sunny
       .-.      +20(18) °C
    ― (   ) ―   ↗ 15 km/h
       `-'      10 km
      /   \     0.0 mm

📖 wttr.in documentation

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Speak-Text.ps1

Uses the .NET System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer class to speak provided text aloud through your system's audio output.

⚠️ Windows only — requires the System.Speech assembly which is only available on Windows.

Speak-Text -Text "Hello, World!"
Speak-Text -Text "The deployment has completed successfully."

📖 System.Speech.Synthesis namespace

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Tests

Tests are in the tests/ folder and use Pester.

Invoke-Pester -Path ./tests/Random.Tests.ps1 -Output Detailed

Tests validate syntax, parameter definitions, help content, and script content patterns. Network calls are not made during tests.

Additional Resources

• wttr.in weather service
• PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest
• .NET Speech Synthesis