Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Play audio recording
Grabs your audio folder, lets you pick a file, and plays the sound at 35% volume.
Actions Used
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).
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.
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%20audio%20recording
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20audio%20recording
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play audio recording”
end tell
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Record audio file
Records audio using the phone’s mics, then saves the file and asks you if you want to share it.
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).
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).
Record as AIFF
Records normal quality audio, starting or stopping with your tap, then encoding the recorded audio to AIFF before saving to to a folder of your choice.
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Scrapes a Threads post, then adds it to OmniFocus with the excerpt in the task title and links in the notes before opening the item.
Open Apple TV home
Opens the main Home tab of the TV app where you can view and add content to your Up Next queue.
Show my Health checklist
Opens the Health app to the Health Checklist page that lets you set up your iPhone to keep an eye on things for you, letting you quickly enable features like Emergency SOS, Medical ID, Crash Detection, Headphone Notifications, and Walking Steadiness Notifications.
Open Disney Plus account
Opens your personal Disney+ account – when show from web, shows billing details not shown on iOS.
Open Instapaper
Opens Instapaper.com on the Mac and the Instapaper app from iPhone or iPad.
Time to relax
Starts up the “Relax” mode of Endel, a variation that plays lowkey sound effects that help your mind calm down and settle.
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