Audio Scrubber for InDesign

Question

Hi. I am creating an ebook and adds an audio file to some pages. Is there a way that an audio scrubber or controller be available?

I have tried placing the audio itself and expanding it, makes it visible on the page but the audio scrubber doesn't act properly on different versions of iPhones. It only acts correctly on iPhone 17 but on other models, the scrubber shrinks or jumps around the page. Not having the problem on Mac and iPad.

Please help. Thank you.

Eugene Tyson · Answer

InDesign can embed audio but the on page scrubber is handled differently by each EPUB reader and device, especially on iPhones. That is why you are seeing it behave normally on iPhone 17 but not on older models. iPad and Mac tend to be more predictable because the layout environment is more stable.

If you need a consistent scrubber or custom controls, the more reliable approach is to export to EPUB and then add a dedicated HTML5 audio player in the code. Those players are designed to scale cleanly across devices and give you much more control.

If you prefer to keep everything inside InDesign, a simple alternative is to use a play button on the page and let the device show its own audio controller. It avoids the layout shifting and might work more consistently across the different iPhone sizes.

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