Add a Voice — and Meet Your First Bug

Eon records his own voice so the cat can say 'Hello, welcome!' on its own. The audio glitches at first — and that becomes the most useful lesson of all: every program has bugs, and fixing them is just part of the job.

Remember the objective — an intro that actually welcomes people? In this lesson Eon makes it happen with sound, and learns a truth that every programmer lives with.

Record your own voice

Scratch lets you tap a mic and record your own sound. Eon records a cheerful "Hello everyone, welcome to the channel!" — his dad even coaches him to say it with more enthusiasm. Then a play-sound block makes the cat say it out loud, all by itself.

Sequencing: order matters

It's not enough to have the sound — it has to play at the right moment. Eon drags the sound block so the cat first moves to the center, then speaks. Move, then talk — the order makes it feel polished instead of random.

Meet your first bug

Here's the most valuable part. At first… no audio plays. A glitch! Eon's dad stays calm and names it:

"This is called a bug. Nothing is perfect — if you write a program, there will be bugs. It doesn't really matter, as long as you fix it and it works."

They test it, re-record, move the block, and finally — it works. High five! That mindset — bugs are normal, debugging is just part of building — will save Eon a thousand frustrations down the road.

Objective: complete

The cat now jumps and speaks — exactly the goal from the last lesson. That's the deep satisfaction of finishing what you set out to do.

Try it

If your character could say one line, what would it be? Record it, attach a play-sound block, and place it after the movement so it lands at just the right moment.