Make audio recording
Records normal-quality audio—starting and stopping on tap—then adds to a folder; if no folder exists, creates one.
Just press record
Opens into Just Press Record and starts recording a voice memo.
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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 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).
Quick record
Records high quality audio immediately for 1 minute and saves it to a folder of your choice.
Play from soundboard
Presents a menu of sounds (each with corresponding text-encoded audio), decodes your choice, and plays the sound at 35%.
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).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Just%20press%20record
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Just%20press%20record
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Just press record”
end tell
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