how to run a script while afplay is running

Question

Hello everyone I am wondering how to continue with the script execution while afplay is running? For example...

   do shell script "afplay /song.mp3"
    say "Hello, nice to meet you, what's your name?"

When I execute the code the command "Say" won't be executed until the song stops! Thanks!

Answer 1

In bash you can use:

#!/bin/bash
command_name &
echo "message"

the ampersand will run that command in the background.

So in applescript, something like this:

do shell script "afplay /song.mp3 &"
  "echo 'Hello, nice to meet you, what's your name?'"

hope that helps.