Audio player

Some audio recordings found on Trove can be played entirely online. Use the audio player to listen to oral history interviews and folklore recordings from the National Library of Australia.

Select Listen in the Trove record, then the Trove Digital Library or National Library of Australia access link. You will need to read and accept the End User Licence Agreement by selecting I Accept to open the recording in the audio player.


Recording information

Recording information is located in a column on the left hand side of the screen. It includes information about the audio recording such as title, date of recording, contributors and access conditions.


Player controls

The player controls enable navigation and interaction with the playlist. They are located along the top of the right hand side of the screen.

   Hide details:  Display or hide the recording information column

Playlist: Choose from a series of recording sessions. The current session will be displayed on the right hand side of the progress bar

Live Transcript:  Select to follow the transcript in the Transcript pane as the audio plays. This will activate with the audio is played. Select this button again to revert to standard text transcript

Download: Download digital copies of the audio recording, summary and transcript. Audio recording is available in MPEG audio format at 48 kbps, 128 kbps or 256 kbps, and the file size will vary depending on the level of sound quality. Summary and transcript are available in Plain Text or PDF format. Note: Permission to use material in the Oral History Collection is conditional on you accepting the terms of the licence

Search: Enter keyword/s to search within the transcript and summary

Progress bar: Select specific points in the recording to start from when you select Play, or to skip to during Play

Screenshot of Trove audio player progress bar

   Play: Play the audio recording

   Pause: Pause the player at that point in the recording.

  Stop: Stop playing the recording. This will reset the player to the beginning of the recording

  Mute: Select to turn off the sound, while still playing audio. The icon will appear as    during muting. Select again to turn on the sound

Adjust Volume: Adjust the audio volume of the player by selecting a point on the volume level bar

Volume level bar in Trove audio player

  Max volume: Play the recording at the maximum volume


Transcript pane

This pane appears beneath the audio player. It displays a text transcript of the audio recording. You can change the height of the pane by selecting the adjustment handle at the bottom of the pane and dragging up or down to the required size.

If the audio recording is split into sessions, you can select which session transcript to view from the button options:

Audio player Transcript Session buttons

The session transcript that you select will appear even if the player is playing a different session. To sync the transcript with the audio recording, select On from the adjacent Sync button:

Audio player Sync button

Each section of the transcript has a citation option. Select   Cite this section of the audio to generate URL citation details.


Summary pane

This pane appears beneath the Transcript pane. It displays summarized descriptions of sections of the audio recording. You can change the height of the pane by selecting the adjustment handle at the top of the pane and dragging up or down to the required size.

If the audio recording is split into sessions, you can select which session summary to view from the button options:

Audio player Summary Session buttons

The session summary that you select will appear even if the player is playing a different session. To sync the summary with the audio recording, select On from the adjacent Sync button:

Audio player Summary Sync button

Each section of the summary has a citation option. Select   Cite this section of the audio to generate URL citation details.