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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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).
Encode audio recording as text
Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
Record audio file
Records audio using the phone’s mics, then saves the file and asks you if you want to share it.
Make audio recording
Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.
Record and trim audio
Records normal-quality audio on tap, lets you trim the result, and saves it to a folder of your choice.
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Create Things Show URL from ID
Takes an item ID and adds it to the Things deep link back to that item.
Add calendar series
Build out a series of calendar events for any TV show that comes out on a weekly basis.
Search TV Forecast for a person
Asks you for a person (actor, director, etc), then encodes the result and opens the URL scheme into TV Forecast.
Get RSS feed link
Searches Podcasts for a show, then copies the Feed URL so you can subscribe in another app.
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