Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Play from soundboard
Presents a menu of sounds (each with corresponding text-encoded audio), decodes your choice, and plays the sound at 35%.
Actions Used
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Set Volume
Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).
Get Contents of Folder
This action gets the files inside of the specified folder.
Recursive
If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20from%20soundboard
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20from%20soundboard
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play from soundboard”
end tell
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Make high-quality recording
Records audio at Very High quality, starting and stopping on tap – then, saves to a folder of your choosing.
Encode audio
Records audio until you tap it to stop, then encodes it into a text-based format, then copies it to your clipboard (to be decoded and played back later).
Quick record
Records high quality audio immediately for 1 minute and saves it to a folder of your choice.
Play audio recording
Grabs your audio folder, lets you pick a file, and plays the sound at 35% volume.
Record and trim audio
Records normal-quality audio on tap, lets you trim the result, and saves it to a folder of your choice.
Play encoded audio
Gets an audio file encoded as text, decodes the value, and plays the sound at 35%. Pairs well with “Encode audio.”
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Opens the iCloud Drive folder in Finder or Files to show your synced folders.
Create sample shortcut
Prompts you to name a shortcut to demonstrate a bug and file as Feedback.
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