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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{player} =} play (@var{recorder})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{player} =} play (@var{recorder}, @var{start})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{player} =} play (@var{recorder}, [@var{start}, @var{end}])
## Play the audio recorded in @var{recorder} without blocking and return a
## corresponding audioplayer object.
##
## If the optional argument @var{start} is provided, begin playing
## @var{start} seconds into the recording.
##
## If the optional argument @var{end} is provided, stop playing at
## @var{end} seconds into the recording.
## @seealso{@audiorecorder/getplayer, @audioplayer/audioplayer,
## @audiorecorder/audiorecorder}
## @end deftypefn

function player = play (recorder, start)

  data = getaudiodata (recorder);
  player = audioplayer (data,
                        get (recorder, "SampleRate"),
                        get (recorder, "BitsPerSample"));

  if (nargin == 1)
    play (player);
  else
    play (player, start);
  endif

endfunction


## No tests possible for this function
%!assert (1)
