Feature Request: Audio Player

[mweidling]

In Ahiqar, we have one manifest that is not a written text in some form but an audio recording that has been transcribed by one of the project's scholars.

Where in TIDO

This audio recording should be available to users in TIDO by providing an audio player in one of the panels. In this specific case it would make sense to have the audio player instead of an image, but thinking generically there could be cases where we have both an audio player and an image (imagine a reading of a poem or the like).

Features

• The audio player MUST NOT start when loading an Item but only on user request.
• The audio player MUST be able to get information from the text panel. In Ahiqar's case, each line has a time stamp that points to a time in the audio recording. In the text panel there will be some kind of button in front of each line where users should be able to click and listen to the specific line of the transcription starting from that timestamp. (This does not have to be line specific, though. The general feature is "Button in text panel with timestamp triggers audio player to start the record at said timestamp.")
• The line which is currently played in the audio player SHOULD be highlighted in the text panel.

TextAPI Specs

The current take to provide the audio file would be via the Content Object. There is an ongoing discussion whether we (i.e. the TextAPI team) will go down that route. We'll keep you posted on any updates.

Relevant Projects

• Ahiqar