Home / Blog / Web Development / JavaScript / The Joy of HTML5 Audio: Tips & Tricks for Easy Sound Embedding Up to now, playing audio in a web browser has been a bit of a black art. Traditionally there are several ways to embed a sound in a web page — some work better than others, and many only work if you happen to be using the right browser with the right plugin. The ubiquity of the Flash plugin
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