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Dreeka
Dreeka
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November 3, 2016
Question

Is it possible to layer audio files with the Digital Publishing tool?

  • November 3, 2016
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I'm creating an interactive infographic through InDesign's publish online tool.  The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to have one audio file playing in the background while layering other sounds over top.  Basically, I want to have music playing in the background, and still be able to add sound effects to the infographic.  Right now, the sound effects stop the background music altogether.

Is there a solution for this?

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Dreeka
DreekaAuthor
Participant
November 4, 2016

Thanks very much for your response- I'll see what I can do!

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Steve WernerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 3, 2016

Certainly this is not possible in the user interface of InDesign. There is no way to have multiple audio tracks (like you could if you were building a video in many applications). Especially if you want the viewer to interact and to generate an audio when they are clicking on an infographic.

However, Publish Onine is basically HTML, CSS and JavaScript. If you can write some JavaScript, you might be able to make it happen.

This is actually the InDesign EPUB forum and Publish Online is not EPUB. However, it has many of the same characteristics of Fixed Layout EPUB, which also uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

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