> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanova.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Audio QR Code

> Create a QR code that plays an audio file.

## What it's for

An audio page plays sound on scan — a narrated story, a track list, a voice message — through a dedicated **Audio Player** block rather than a generic media embed. It's a full page-builder page (not a separate upload-only utility): the player is one block among the page builder's block types, so you can combine it with other blocks or start it from a template.

<Note>
  As with the other categories on this page, "Audio QR code" is reached through the **Build a Page** flow filtered to the Audio tag — there's no separate upload-and-generate route for audio.
</Note>

## Find the audio template and reach the builder

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Create QR Code and choose Build a Page">
    From **QR Codes → Create QR Code** (`/qr/create`), click the **Build a Page** card.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Filter the gallery by Audio">
    On **Choose a template** (`/qr/new`), click the **Audio** tag. At verification time there was exactly **one** matching template: **Short Story Narration**.

    <Frame caption="The template gallery filtered to the Audio tag — only one template is available">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/scanova-api/q8t3kzcRTgAP7jV0/images/v2/qr-codes/create/audio/gallery-filtered.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=q8t3kzcRTgAP7jV0&q=85&s=0b5d9b69514b5bdfd1318baa56d85957" alt="Template gallery filtered to the Audio tag, showing only the Short Story Narration template plus the Start Blank option" width="1280" height="755" data-path="images/v2/qr-codes/create/audio/gallery-filtered.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Warning>
      Audio has the thinnest template selection of any tagged category in the gallery — only one option. If Short Story Narration's dark, literary styling doesn't fit your use case, start from **Start Blank** and add the **Audio Player** block yourself; it's a first-class block type, not tied to this one template.
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview and select the template">
    Click the card to open its preview panel, then **Use this template**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Land in the page builder">
    Selecting it opens the builder at `/qr/new/landing?template=audio-short-stories`. The canvas shows a dark, book-like mobile preview listing two audio tracks ("The Black Cat — Edgar Allan Poe" and "Markheim — Robert Louis Stevenson"), and the left-hand blocks panel lists exactly one block: **Audio Player**.

    <Frame caption="The page builder canvas after opening the Short Story Narration audio template">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/scanova-api/q8t3kzcRTgAP7jV0/images/v2/qr-codes/create/audio/builder-canvas.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=q8t3kzcRTgAP7jV0&q=85&s=c67d601f1741c7d8e140cf078c7577ee" alt="Page builder canvas showing the Short Story Narration audio template with a single Audio Player block listing two narrated stories" width="1280" height="720" data-path="images/v2/qr-codes/create/audio/builder-canvas.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Check>
      Reaching this canvas confirms the flow — publishing isn't required to verify it. Open the **Audio Player** block to upload your own tracks, then use **Publish** from the top bar when ready.
    </Check>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Creating one via the API

To create an audio-style QR code through the API rather than the UI, use category ID `16` (labeled **Audio**) — see [Create QR Code](/v1/api-reference/endpoint/qr_manager/create) for the full request schema and [Category List](/v1/api-reference/references/category-list) for the complete ID-to-label mapping.

## Related

* [Page Builder overview](/page-builder/overview) — the block-based editor this template opens into, and how to add the Audio Player block yourself.
* [Templates](/page-builder/templates) — browsing the gallery and starting from a blank canvas instead.
* [Creating your first QR code](/getting-started/first-qr-code) — the general Create QR Code flow this category is reached from.
* [Folders, tags & bulk operations](/qr-codes/manage/folders-tags-bulk-operations) — organize the QR code after publishing it.