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Breakthroughs In HTML Audio Via Manipulation With JavaScript

Posted by timothy on from the infinite-malleability dept.

jamienk writes "Imagine if you could grab and manipulate audio with JavaScript just like you can images with Canvas. Firefox experimental builds let you do just that: crazy audio visualizations, a graphic equalizer, even text-to-speech, all in JavaScript! Work in progress; you need a special build of Firefox (videos available), being worked on via W3C."

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  1. Re:Firefox, eh? by masterwit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes it would seem still no native mp3 support.
    The real fundamental question is, however, do we really want to use java for audio?

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  2. Re:Dear Internet: Sorry. by jfengel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goddamn it, why don't I ever have mod points when I need them?