1line-pc-controls

# A collection of one-liners for working with Windows 10
# Note that these can easily be used with Node.js, Node-RED, etc. for controlling a PC

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# ==== The following all work with standard user accounts ==== #
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# Text to Speech
# Uses Windows 10 native TTS, see this gist for details: https://gist.github.com/TotallyInformation/edeccffda6ba5fc61d41c1dc563dc526
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.speech; $speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer; $speak.Speak('This is ground control to Major Tom')

# Change Monitor Brightness (only on laptops/tables etc)
# Parameters: (timeout,percentage)
(Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/WMI -Class WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods).WmiSetBrightness(1,75)

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# ==== The following require elervated permissions (e.g. local admin rights) ==== #
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