# SoundCloud launches the HTML5 Audio Improvement Initiative

DevFeed: [SoundCloud launches the HTML5 Audio Improvement Initiative](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/soundcloud-launches-the-html5-audio-improvement-initiative-2150.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//soundcloud-launches-the-html5-audio-improvement-initiative>)

Published: 2011-11-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [HTML5](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html5.md>), [web-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-standards.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [issue tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/issue-tracker.md>)

Tags: [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [issue-tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue-tracker.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud introduces the "Are We Playing Yet?" project to improve and monitor HTML5 Audio implementation across modern web browsers. The initiative collects and documents browser issues, provides code and interactive tests, and invites companies and developers to contribute through GitHub, pull requests, and the Issue Tracker.

## Source excerpt

We at SoundCloud want to build the best sound player for the web, and we want to do that using the Open Web standards. While working on the...