Go to the Scratch website and create a new project. You can delete the cat sprite.

Scratch: How to create a new project

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Go to the Scratch website using the link below and click on the 'Create' link in the blue bar at the top.

By default, each new project starts with the cat sprite already added. To delete the cat click on the x in the blue circle beside the cat in the sprite list.

https://scratch.mit.edu

We are going to make a character in the sprite library to say out loud different things that we program it to say. Open to sprite library and choose a character. In this lesson we are going to use the elf character but you can choose your own.

Scratch: How to add a sprite from the library

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To add a sprite from the sprite library follow these steps:

1. Put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button
2. Click on the magnifying glass
3. Find the sprite you want in the library
4. Click on your chosen sprite

You can use search box or the filter links (Animals, People, Fantasy etc) to locate your sprite.

Scratch has an extension called Text to Speech that lets you use specific blocks for making things in your projects talk.

Add the Text to Speech extension to your project.

Scratch: How to add extension blocks

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Scratch Extensions make it possible to connect Scratch projects with external hardware (such as LEGO WeDo or micro:bit), sources of information on the web (such as Google Translate and Amazon Text to Speech), or blocks allowing for more advanced functionality.

When an extension is enabled, its blocks appear in a location with the same name as the extension.

To load an extension, click the icon in the bottom-left hand corner of the screen and select an extension.

First let's try out the speak block to make your sprite say "hello".

Add the following code to your sprite:

when this sprite clicked speak [hello] :: tts stack

Once you've added the code, click on your sprite and it should say "hello" out loud.

Next let's change what our sprite says, change the the text from "hello" to something different like "Hi my name is Emma the elf, my favourite colour is green".

Change your code to the following:

when this sprite clicked speak [Hi my name is Emma the elf, my favourite colour is green] :: tts stack

Once you've added the code, click on your sprite and it should say what you programmed it to out loud.