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BeyondWords lets you share the audio, video, and playlists you generate via URL. This means you can distribute content or gather internal feedback without embedding a player. Shareable URLs are hosted on play.beyondwords.io. Legacy audio-only URLs may still use audio.beyondwords.io/play/.

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Share audio via URL

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Open your project

Go to Content → Items in your project dashboard.
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Find your article

Click ••• → Get shareable URL alongside your chosen content item.
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Choose what to share

Choose whether to share the audio article or audio summary. (You will only be able to share content you’ve generated.)A preview of your audio will appear in the player.
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Copy your shareable URL

Click the copy icon alongside the shareable URL, then share it wherever you like.

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Share video via URL

1

Open your project

Go to Content → Items in your project dashboard.
2

Find your article

Click ••• → Get shareable URL alongside your chosen content item.
3

Choose what to share

Choose whether to share the video article or video summary. (You will only be able to share content you’ve generated.)If you’ve generated horizontal and vertical videos, you will need to select which format to share.A preview of your video will appear in the player.
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Copy your shareable URL

Click the copy icon alongside the shareable URL, then share it wherever you like.

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URL query parameters

When you copy a shareable URL from the dashboard, you can append query parameters to change what loads on the page. This is useful for internal previews and demos—you do not need to update your embed code.
ParameterValuesEffect
summarytrueLoad the audio or video summary instead of the full article
videotrueLoad the video player instead of audio
videoSizes[]e.g. 9:16, 1280x720Select the video aspect ratio (when video=true)
accessTierTier slug, e.g. anonymous, registered, subscribedApply that access tier’s player settings—content access, ads, and intro/outro

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Examples

Preview the subscribed tier on an audio article: 
https://play.beyondwords.io/123/content/abc-def?accessTier=subscribed
Preview the anonymous tier on a video summary: 
https://play.beyondwords.io/123/content/abc-def?video=true&summary=true&accessTier=anonymous
The dashboard does not generate accessTier links automatically—you append the parameter to the URL yourself. The slug must match the tier slug from Distribution → Player → Access tiers. accessTier is a client-side parameter, so it is useful for demos and stakeholder previews but does not enforce access control on its own. See access tiers for more detail.

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FAQs

Shareable URLs are publicly accessible to anyone with the link. If you want to revoke access later, you’ll need to delete the content or set its visibility to “private”.
If you can’t view your content via URL, it may be because:
  • The selected content hasn’t been generated
  • The content’s visibility is set to “private”
If you’re still having issues, please contact support.
The shareable URL page can include:
  • The feature image, if one is set
  • The player, which can be customized
  • The article or script, including any embedded image, video, or audio files
You can edit the article, script, and embedded media in the Editor.
No, content updates will not affect your shareable URLs. If you regenerate the audio or video, the updated version will be reflected at that URL. There may be a short delay due to caching.
Yes. Append ?accessTier={slug} (or &accessTier={slug} if the URL already has query parameters) to any content shareable URL. See URL query parameters and access tiers for setup and examples.