Ping with audible output

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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!") }
}