Skip to main content
Embedding an Audio File
Embed your audio and provide the required transcript.
To place an embedded audio file player in the main region of a page or story follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Get the URL of an audio file
If you have an audio file you'd like to play, and it isn't already hosted on a site like (which you could link to in your content or via a widget), upload it to a publicly accessible site like media.wm.edu. Copy the full URL of the audio file (ending in .mp3, .m4a, .wav, .aac, .ogg or .mpeg), including the "http://".
Step 2: Edit the page where you want to add the audio
Type the following directly into the Cascade editor, substituting "audio-url" for the URL from step 1:
{{audio|audio-url}}
Note: The vertical bar you see in front of audio-url is often called a "pipe" and is located above the enter key on most keyboards. On some keyboards, it looks like two vertical dashes.
Accessibility Requirement
All embedded audio-only content (such as a podcast or sound file) must be accompanied by a full text transcript. This transcript must include all spoken words and descriptions of any meaningful non-speech sounds, and must be placed as a link or as text immediately following the audio player.