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Stop all audio
Hi there,
I have a page with audio, and three tabs which also have audio. I know I can stop audio when a tab is clicked by using triggers, but is there any way of stopping all media with just one trigger. So to explain further, I have:
- Intro audio
- Tab 1 audio
- Tab 2 audio
- Tab 3 audio
As I see it right now, I would have to add three triggers to each tab to stop any other audio when the tab is clicked. What I'm looking for is one trigger to stop all "other" audio when a tab is clicked. I'm pretty new to Articulate, so I'm still learning a lot of best practices and functionality.
Thanks.
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same here. A trigger "stop all media" and "stop all audio" would be helpful!
A "stop all media" trigger gets an upvote from me too. This would help a lot! Another thought: if they could add the ability to make audio files into button sets, then they would toggle on and off.
I just had to write 44 triggers (multiple audio options) to stop audio on a single slide.... A single "stop all audio" trigger on the slide would be an awesome time saver.
Since I did not happen upon a simple solution while searching here, I will share this option for future reference. It is easy enough, and just requires you to toggle a variable to call a piece of JavaScript.
I had 12 audio files on a single slide where the learners could click to jump between the sections. I did not want to mess with a bunch of layers. With each section change, any playing audio needs to stop before starting the next. I just toggle the variable when the user clicks, and all audio is paused. This is certainly easier than pausing each track with individual triggers.
This example is a partial excerpt from a kids module on aviation weather reports.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/a0dfee1c-9429-4f64-9e60-b17437187500/review
Thank you Nathanial!
This works perfectly and is just what I was looking for :-)
Bumping this old thread as 'pause all audio/media' would be very useful.
I use text to speech on courses for users who prefer to have things read out to them but don't have screen reader technology (specifically requested, they do exist!) - so I play the audio when they (for example) select an answer in a multiple choice question.
Currently, each answer option has to have;
- Play (my audio)
- Pause (question audio, in case they click before it's finished)
- Pause answer #2
- Pause answer #3
... repeat for each answer
Which is a little bit nonsense and takes forever!
