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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Nov 15, 2018 8:30AM

Thanks everyone. I'll make Play/Pause a single button.

The kind of scenario we're thinking about might be, for example,
someone taking a sign language test, where they watch a video of a
person speaking in sign language, and translate what they're saying
into spoken word so it can be saved as an audio recording and uploaded
for marking. In this scenario, the candidate would be watching a video
and recording their answer simultaneously. So I guess a single button
could start/pause both functions at once.

Cheers, Isabel

On 15/11/2018, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Isabel,
>
> I prefer that the Play button toggles between Play and Pause. That way, it
> does announce to the user what action is to take based on what the player
> is
> doing.
>
> Having a stop button might be optional. In the case of Youtube, I just
> pause
> a video and that is the same to me as stop. Less buttons to navigate
> through
> and performs 2 different tasks. It pauses the playing, which allows me to
> continue from where I left off, or it pauses the playing to allow me to
> read
> the page or close it.
>
> I have to agree with Glen on the progress bar and specifically the record
> button. Why would you want to play if you are recording?
>
> Also, having both present will be based on what your app specifications
> are.
> If the app supposed to play a video by obtaining a URL from the user and
> you
> want to capture the audio to save it, then yes you can use the record
> button. However, this would have to run on the client and have access to
> the
> sound card or extract the audio from the downloaded track.
>
> I think if you give us more info on what the purpose is for the record
> button, we can give you a better answer.
>
>
>
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