Sounds

Play my audio recording

Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.

Scripting Actions

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Clipboard, Sharing

Get Clipboard

Passes the contents of the clipboard to the next action.

Files, Scripting

Base64 Encode

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Device, Scripting

Play Sound

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20my%20audio%20recording

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20my%20audio%20recording

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Play my audio recording” end tell

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