sound = new Audio("directory/name.wav"); sound.play(); has worked across many browsers for some time, however seems broken for safari mobile. appreciate chances may be this is an OS issue, would be great to have a better description before filling radar
Created attachment 64030 [details] audio test
Created attachment 64031 [details] SVG test
click on the green area to hear audio, works Safari, broken mobile
Please file iOS-only bugs via http:/bugreport.apple.com. Since iOS WebKit doesn't build from webkit.org sources, we don't track its bugs here.
Assuming the problem is reproducible with this test case, the description seems perfectly fine. You could try the same in HTML to see if this is actually related to SVG.
Radar Problem ID: 8296807
<rdar://problem/8296807>
It is valid to file iOS WebKit bugs here now.