Get Clipboard
Passes the contents of the clipboard to the next action.
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.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20my%20audio%20recording
Open Shortcut deep link
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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