//to play an audio file in HTML, use the <audio> element
<audio controls>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
The controls attribute adds audio controls, like play, pause, and volume.
The <source> element allows you to specify alternative audio files which the browser may choose from. The browser will use the first recognized format.
The text between the <audio> and </audio> tags will only be displayed in browsers that do not support the <audio> element.
Before HTML5, audio files could only be played in a browser with a plug-in (like flash).
Specifies a standard way to embed audio in a web page.
In HTML5, there are 3 supported audio formats: MP3, WAV, and OGG.
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