Ping with audible output

Technical reference for Ping with audible output.

Reference

This command will read aloud the status whilst pinging. Useful to remove one of the sections, to notify you when the host goes down or up

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.speech
$speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
while($true) {
   if (Test-Connection 8.8.8.8 -Count 1 -quiet) {
       $speak.Speak("Host is up!")  }
   else {
       $speak.Speak("Host is down!") }
}

See also

• Microsoft