# AudioSource
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The source of audio data, which can be provided either as raw bytes or a reference to an S3 location.

## Contents
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**Important**  
This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

 ** bytes **   <a name="bedrock-Type-runtime_AudioSource-bytes"></a>
Audio data encoded in base64.  
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.  
Required: No

 ** s3Location **   <a name="bedrock-Type-runtime_AudioSource-s3Location"></a>
A reference to audio data stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. To see which models support S3 uploads, see [Supported models and features for Converse](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/conversation-inference-supported-models-features.html).  
Type: [S3Location](API_runtime_S3Location.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/bedrock-runtime-2023-09-30/AudioSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/bedrock-runtime-2023-09-30/AudioSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/bedrock-runtime-2023-09-30/AudioSource)