Customize Scribble's avatar and voice

What you can change

Scribble, the AI assistant in the editor, appears as a 3D avatar beside the Scribble control. You can:

• Change six of her colors: Eyes, Skin, Lips, Hair, Lashes and Headset.
• Switch between the female and the male Scribble.
• Pick the voice she speaks with.
• Bring her out large over the map.

Her eyebrows, eyeliner and blush are part of her face and stay as they are. When she speaks, her mouth moves with her voice.

Your look and voice choices are saved to your account, so she looks and sounds the same the next time you sign in, on any computer. When you are signed out, they are saved in this browser only.

For the basics of using Scribble, see the article on using Scribble, your AI mapping assistant.

Change her colors

1. Click the cog icon in the Scribble control at the bottom right of the editor.
2. Click Customize avatar.
3. Click the color box next to Eyes, Skin, Lips, Hair, Lashes or Headset and pick a color, or type a hex color such as #7a4a32.
4. For skin, you can also click one of the six Skin tone circles, from fair to deep brown.
5. Click Done, or press Esc.

The Customize avatar card opens beside the Scribble control, so you can watch her change as you pick colors. Each change shows on Scribble right away.

• Default next to a part gives that part its original color.
• Reset all colors gives every part its original color. It does not change which Scribble you chose or her voice.

Female or male Scribble

Scribble comes as a woman or a man. In Customize avatar, the Gender row at the top switches between Female and Male. The avatar changes, and so does the voice Scribble speaks with.

Choose her voice

1. Click the cog icon in the Scribble control.

2. Open the Voice list and pick one of these:

   • Female
   • Male
   • Female Teacher
   • Male Teacher

The teacher voices speak like a patient teacher. Until you pick a voice, Scribble uses a teacher voice: Female Teacher for the female Scribble and Male Teacher for the male Scribble.

The Voice list and the Gender row in Customize avatar are the same choice. Picking Male or Male Teacher switches the avatar to the male Scribble, and picking Female or Female Teacher switches it to the female Scribble.

To turn her voice off, check Mute Voice in the same cog menu.

Make Scribble large

You can bring Scribble out over the map as a large, waist-up avatar.

To bring her out, click the full screen button in the bottom right corner of Scribble's avatar in the Scribble control. Its tooltip says Bring Scribble out.

The button is not shown when the browser window is 700 pixels wide or less.

The small avatar hides while the large Scribble is out, so you only see one Scribble at a time.

• Move her: drag her, or drag the four-way arrow button beside her, to the left or right.
• Resize her: drag up to make her bigger, or down to make her smaller. Moving and resizing are one drag, so you can do both at once.
• Send her back: click the X beside her, or the Send Scribble back button in the Scribble control.

Her size and place are remembered in this browser for the next time you bring her out.

The 3D avatar needs a browser with WebGL. Without it, the avatar and the large Scribble are not shown.

Ask Scribble to do it

You can also just ask, for example:

• "Make your skin deep brown and your eyes brown."
• "Make yourself African American."
• "Give yourself red hair."
• "Make your headset gold."
• "Switch to the male Scribble."
• "Go back to your normal colors."

Scribble changes her look and saves it the same way. To pick a teacher voice or her own voice, use the Voice list.

Hide the avatar

• To hide the avatar, check Hide Avatar in the cog menu, or click the closed eye icon in the bottom left corner of the avatar.
• To show her again, uncheck Hide Avatar.

If you do not see the avatar, check that Hide Avatar is not checked. On some computers the avatar starts hidden until you turn it on.