Well, I have an Alexa at home but there is no extension in Scratch for Alexa! I WANT AN ALEXA EXTENSION!!!

henhenboben

This color? ::pen

henhenboben

when green flag clicked
forever
ask [Can you give me ideas for blocks?] for (2) secs ::looks
end

medians

Uhm, why the pen category color?
Do you mean this one?

extension ::extension

Also, I have doubts on how accurate this would be and how difficult it would be to implement.
What would the extension exactly have and what is it's purpose?

Last edited by medians (April 9, 2023 23:07:55)

Crispydogs101

Text to speech is made by the same company as alexa if I am correct. So why not use that?
Also I doubt that this would be a good idea. Since they would have to do a big process of getting rights for it and it's likely going to be a no to them.

Last edited by Crispydogs101 (April 9, 2023 23:18:21)

unmissable

This is probably gonna cause problems for both companies, not to mention a loss of $$$.
Plus I have Alexa and it understands nothing. Absolutely nothing.
So it'd be pretty hard to work with a broken AI.

Last edited by unmissable (April 9, 2023 23:49:35)

Xcvfdd

And what would people do with the extension? (I don’t have an Alexa so idk what it does)

Last edited by Xcvfdd (April 10, 2023 03:35:12)

TheGlassPenguin

what would the extension do?
something like having some sort of respond block? that would be cool, however there's the issue of alexa pulling inappropriate content and spouting that in front of the little children.

if this wasn't what you weren't thinking of then please elaborate on your suggestion
none of us here can read minds

Last edited by TheGlassPenguin (April 10, 2023 05:59:25)

TerryLeeStudio

I can see where it is useful.

detect spoken word until user stopped speaking :: extension
detect spoken word for () seconds :: extension
(spoken word :: extension)
detect for [all languages v] :: extension
detect for [English v] :: extension

jellyfishfisher56

What is up with the hot suggestions?
no support it's not useful
i have an Alexa and I don't just say, as soon as I use Scratch, “WE NEED AN ALEXA EXTENSION!!”
please stop with the bot suggestions

jellyfishfisher56

jellyfishfisher56 wrote:
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I can see how this can be used though, as a hardware compatibility extension for Scratch Lab (also RIP ScratchX)

medians

jellyfishfisher56 wrote:
jellyfishfisher56 wrote:
~snip~
I can see how this can be used though, as a hardware compatibility extension for Scratch Lab (also RIP ScratchX)

R.I.P
Scratch 2.0 online
9 May 2013-4 April 2023
seriously could they have not waited until it was at least 10 years old..

medians wrote:
Uhm, why the pen category color?
Do you mean this one?
extension ::extension

WAIT THAT'S THE OLD COLOR AND THE PEN CATEGORY IS AN EXTENSION NOW LOLL :P

TerryLeeStudio wrote:
I can see where it is useful.
bunch of extension blocks ::extension //also old color lol

Yeah if those are the blocks, I'm not sure about the accuracy of this or how this would be implemented. Would there be a filter for it?

Last edited by medians (April 10, 2023 08:50:09)

ZanterZlox

I imagine a few blocks:

(Last input::pen)//what the user said last
Output ()::pen//makes Alexa say something
(Last output::pen)//outputs what you made Alexa say Last
(Loudness::pen)//I know this already exists, but that's supposed to be your computer microphone. But this one is Alexa's microphone

medians

ZanterZlox wrote:

I imagine a few blocks:

(last input::pen)//what the user said last
output ()::pen//makes Alexa say something
(last output::pen)//outputs what you made Alexa say Last
(loudness::pen)//I know this already exists, but that's supposed to be your computer microphone. But this one is Alexa's microphone

…DUDE. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THEM ALL.. LOLLL
Also would it work like this then?

There would be connect and disconnect.

Last edited by medians (April 10, 2023 09:13:10)

henhenboben

The extension is green because it is an extension ::pen

henhenboben

An Alexa is an AI. You can say “Alexa” & whatever you want to say to it. It's AWSOME!!!

henhenboben

THIS EXTENSION IDEA IS HOT!!!

medians

henhenboben wrote:

The extension is green because it is an extension ::pen

Yeah I know, I'm joking because I literally just said:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7136506/
Also, the pen extension used to be a separate category until Scratch 3.0.

henhenboben wrote:
An Alexa is an AI. You can say “Alexa” & whatever you want to say to it. It's AWSOME!!!

Uhm, we know it's an AI. That's why we pointed out potential flaws of this.

henhenboben

But Alexa is hard for begginers to understand so it is an extension.

henhenboben

There would also be a block for choosing witch Alexa.

…mabye this is a bad idea science you could use it to pull pranks.

medians

henhenboben wrote:
There would also be a block for choosing witch Alexa.

…mabye this is a bad idea science you could use it to pull pranks.

Wait, what do you mean “choosing which Alexa”?

henhenboben wrote:
But Alexa is hard for begginers to understand so it is an extension.

NOOO I thought the extensions were still black and I thought that the pen blocks were still a separate category, okay? LOLLL

Also, I know it's an extension, and it wouldn't really fit into the main projects of Scratch or as a separate category.

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