Embedding audio without visual feedback (Need Windows user to test)

[wordmunger]

I need to embed an audio file in my blog without visual feedback while it's playing. However, I still need the user to be able to start and stop the audio clip. Any suggestions?

The problem is that the demo on this blog post isn't working. I think it's because people are getting the visual feedback of watching the player and that's why they're not showing evidence of the effect.

Any and all help would be appreciated!

 

[wordmunger]

Okay here's an update. I think I figured out a kludge that works. Can someone confirm for me that this works on Windows?

Test page

 

[szark]

It appears to be working correctly.

Windows XP/Firefox 2: loads the following page, can start/stop audio manually, no visual feedback

Windows XP/IE 5: loads the following page, can start/stop audio manually, no visual feedback

 

[wordmunger]

Thanks for testing it. You can see the final demo (which still didn't reveal the effect) on this page:

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/01/one_more_try_with_the_internal.php