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.
Play audio recording
Grabs your audio folder, lets you pick a file, and plays the sound at 35% volume.
Actions
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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).
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
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Quick record
Records high quality audio immediately for 1 minute and saves it to a folder of your choice.
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).
Make audio recording
Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.
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).
Play encoded audio
Gets an audio file encoded as text, decodes the value, and plays the sound at 35%. Pairs well with “Encode audio.”
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20audio%20recording
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20audio%20recording
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play audio recording”
end tell
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Save links on page to read later
Gets links from the Shortcut Input, repeats through each, gets the URLs from each webpage and lets you pick ones to save to Reading List. Built for webpages full of links.
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