[Gllug] Instructional AV player

[DL Neil]

Is there an (FOSS, of course) audio (?and video) player which will 
stop-start, so as to present a series, one instruction at a time?


(NB I have almost zero experience in the computer/Internet AV area - can 
play Ogg/mpg lectures and music tracks, plus YouTube/Vimeo stuff, but 
haven't delved into 'play-lists' or 'ripping' my music collection...)

Instead of a traditional step-by-step text/check-list, the users would 
like an audio, or even a screen-image type of video presentation.

The 'presentation' is a series of instructions, eg equivalent familiar 
to us would be: 1 pull down the File menu, 2 select SaveAs, 3 choose a 
fileNM, 4 ...directory...

However, rather than the whole thing simply 'playing' from beginning 
through to its end, we want an automatic pause between each separate 
step/instruction.

Can one have a single presentation with some sort of pause instruction 
embedded* within the 'sound track', or perhaps one could string together 
a bunch of AV files (each containing a single instruction/step) which 
progress through a sequence at the press of a 'next' button?

* I'm thinking of the (?good) old-days and a combination audio 
tape/cassette and 35mm transparency/slide presentation - one was 
instructed to move on to the next slide by an audio 'beep'. (and no, 
there is no truth to the rumor that the beep was there to cover up the 
presenter's bad language when the slide projector (inevitably) jammed)


Q2 (for extra credit!):
if such a beastie exists, might it be possible to have a 'hands-free' 
progress instruction?
eg the user actually voices the 'next' command, and thus the user's 
foreground window is the primary task, and all this auto-magical AV 
stuff is happening in the visual background AND doesn't need a shift of 
(window) focus to pause and 'next'!!!

Sorry for the vague and jargon-less explanation. Am hoping one of our 
more specialist brethren will point me at suitably educational web 
sources/drag me (kicking-and-screaming) into this area, please...
(FOSS preferred, multi-OS good, web-based ideal)

All (sensible) advice welcome,
Regards,
=dn
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