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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019
Total share-based compensation expense	$ 340	$ 295
Product Development [Member]
Total share-based compensation expense	89	29
Selling, General and Administrative [Member]
Total share-based compensation expense	$ 251	$ 266

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3602-108585

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