The Play button next to the seekbar controls the timeline of the entire slide, not just the audio. You may want to add a custom Play button to the slide with this trigger:
Play media [select audio file] when user clicks Button 1.
That way, the audio file will not play until the user clicks the custom Play button. Will that work for you?
It does... I was hoping to avoid doing that and just using the play button, hoping a variable or something may be available, but a custom button it will be! Thank you for your response!
We figured out how to do this, just in case others are interested... We put in a trigger to "Pause Timeline on this Slide when timeline starts," and it will pause the audio. You will then have to click the "Play" button beside the seekbar to play the slide/audio. Easy Peezy. And it's now 508 compliant.
Thanks for the solution, but my concern is, are there any ways to apply triggers over the seekbar for pausing or stopping the media files running in the background. I am facing this issue while articulating one slide containing multiple audios. There is a introductory audio at the beginning of slide and other audios are attached to buttons present over there. After selecting any button, if we click on the seekbar, the introductory audio also starts running in the background at the same time.
Hi Vikram! Does the introductory audio play automatically when the slide timeline starts? Are you able to trigger it with another action so that you can separate it from the seekbar?
Feel free to share your .story file for folks to have a look at your setup!
Hi Crystal ! ,The introductory audio is playing at the beginning of the timeline and I have applied triggers to stop or pause it on click of other buttons on the slide but if we click anywhere on the seekbar it starts again irrespective of the triggers attached.
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Hi there Roxanne!
The Play button next to the seekbar controls the timeline of the entire slide, not just the audio. You may want to add a custom Play button to the slide with this trigger:
Play media [select audio file] when user clicks Button 1.
That way, the audio file will not play until the user clicks the custom Play button. Will that work for you?
It does... I was hoping to avoid doing that and just using the play button, hoping a variable or something may be available, but a custom button it will be! Thank you for your response!
Absolutely! Be sure to let me know if you have any further questions!
We figured out how to do this, just in case others are interested... We put in a trigger to "Pause Timeline on this Slide when timeline starts," and it will pause the audio. You will then have to click the "Play" button beside the seekbar to play the slide/audio. Easy Peezy. And it's now 508 compliant.
Thanks for sharing that solution here, Roxanne! Even better that it's 508 compliant! :)
Hey Alyssa and Roxanne,
Thanks for the solution, but my concern is, are there any ways to apply triggers over the seekbar for pausing or stopping the media files running in the background. I am facing this issue while articulating one slide containing multiple audios. There is a introductory audio at the beginning of slide and other audios are attached to buttons present over there. After selecting any button, if we click on the seekbar, the introductory audio also starts running in the background at the same time.
Hi Vikram! Does the introductory audio play automatically when the slide timeline starts? Are you able to trigger it with another action so that you can separate it from the seekbar?
Feel free to share your .story file for folks to have a look at your setup!
Hi Crystal ! ,The introductory audio is playing at the beginning of the timeline and I have applied triggers to stop or pause it on click of other buttons on the slide but if we click anywhere on the seekbar it starts again irrespective of the triggers attached.
Hi Vikram,
Any chance you could share your .story file so that we could take a look at what you are describing?
If you cannot share it here in the forums, you are welcome to share it privately here.
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