Additional extensions

Expanding AkaDako’s World with Extensions

Many extensions can be added to Xcratch and Streach3, and by combining AkaDako with extensions, you can easily create a variety of creations such as voice robots, AI, IoT, cloud databases, and more.

Speech synthesis

You can make a talking robot.
Combined with Grove’s Ultrasonic Distance Sensor, a robot that says “Hello” when someone comes closer than 50 cm can be programmed in a few blocks.

Steps to add an extension

Click the “Add Extension” button in the lower left corner and select the extention “Text to Speech”

Speech Recognition “Speech2Scratch”

Deep learning speech recognition is available. You can easily create programs that recognize human speech and take action.

Steps to add an extension

In case of Stretch3
Click the “Add Extension” button in the lower left corner, select the extion “Speech2Scratch”.

In case of Xcratch
Click the “Add Extension” button in the lower left corner, select “Extension Loader” and paste https://champierre.github.io/speech2scratch/speech2scratch.mjs into the input field.
Here is a link to a program added AkaDako and Speech2Scratch extensions.

Image Recognition “ML2Scratch”

Image recognition by machine learning is possible. You can easily create a program that recognizes a person’s face and takes action.
https://champierre.github.io/ml2scratch/ml2scratch.mjs

IFTTT Webhook

IFTTT is available to connect different platforms.
You can even create a program to send a notification when rain is detected by a sensor connected to AkaDako.