# CC Search aka Openverse

**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/cc-search-aka-openverse/3344
**Category:** The Plaza
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/cc-search-aka-openverse/3344 "2021-12-06T16:37:03Z")
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### Author: ![cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/cogdog/32/2_2.png) [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/cc-search-aka-openverse/3344/3 "2022-01-26T02:06:45Z")

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It looks like [there has been some design work for the Openverse interface](https://make.wordpress.org/design/2021/12/17/redesign-of-openverse/), yellow colors, etc, but the big news is a beta search for CC licensed audio.

[![open verse search interface with filter set to audio](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c711854d86f9f259350c5c396f78b9f02a6f1536.jpeg)](https://wordpress.org/openverse/)

So I have to [see what they have by searching on “dog”](https://wordpress.org/openverse/search/audio?q=dog)

[![35 audio results for dog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9e7442e50e31f667918a38842d61ebb74b318c39.jpeg)](https://wordpress.org/openverse/search/audio?q=dog)

I see a mixture of music tracks (don’t you want to listen to [Batman Loves My Dog](https://search.openverse.engineering/audio/12d54947-85c3-4928-a7e1-0f4fb9594d0e)?) as well as sound effects like [Sheep, Dogs, Horse, and Light Rain](https://search.openverse.engineering/audio/12d54947-85c3-4928-a7e1-0f4fb9594d0e).

Results provide a player, download, license details, tags, and one one of the best things-- cut and paste text for attribution. Here take a listen to [Dogs Drinking Water](https://wordpress.org/openverse/audio/4e5dd314-0146-4908-b1c2-35a75e6ef825)

[![dog drinking water search result](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/79b10eaa22b6c71f2c8c4cc49386d2b4d6a59070.jpeg)](https://wordpress.org/openverse/audio/4e5dd314-0146-4908-b1c2-35a75e6ef825)

Search filters include by specific license, category (music, sound effects, or podcast), duration (short, medium, long), file type (mp3, ogg, flac, but I note I saw wav results too) and source ( FreeSound, Jamendo, or Wikimedia Commons). This is beta so I would bet more sources will be added – among my favorites for audio is the [Free Music Archive](https://freemusicarchive.org/) and [ccMixter](http://ccmixter.org/))

But I am excited to see audio media tossed into the search, and that you can be sure more will be added.

Openverse _sounds_ like a good place to find open licensed audio…

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