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<h4 class="subsection">33.4.1 Recording</h4>
<p>The following methods control the recording process.
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<dt><a name="index-record"></a><em></em> <strong>record</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-record-1"></a><em></em> <strong>record</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>, <var>length</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Record audio without blocking using the audiorecorder object
<var>recorder</var> until stopped or paused by the <var>stop</var> or <var>pause</var>
method.
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<p>Given the optional argument <var>length</var>, record for <var>length</var> seconds.
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<dt><a name="index-recordblocking"></a><em></em> <strong>recordblocking</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>, <var>length</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Record audio with blocking (synchronous I/O).
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<p>The length of the recording in seconds (<var>length</var>) must be specified.
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<dt><a name="index-pause-1"></a><em></em> <strong>pause</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Pause recording with audiorecorder object <var>recorder</var>.
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<dt><a name="index-resume-1"></a><em></em> <strong>resume</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Resume recording with the paused audiorecorder object <var>recorder</var>.
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<dt><a name="index-stop-1"></a><em></em> <strong>stop</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Stop the audiorecorder object <var>recorder</var> and clean up any audio streams.
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<dt><a name="index-isrecording"></a><em></em> <strong>isrecording</strong> <em>(<var>recorder</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if the audiorecorder object <var>recorder</var> is currently
recording audio and false otherwise.
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