Stop Monitoring The Office
Pauses Sound Recognition and turns off listenign for Sirens, Fire Alarms, Smoke Alarms, and Shouting.
Monitor The House
Activates sound recognition for smoke alarms, cats or dogs, appliances, door bells, knocking, glass reaking, kettles, and water running.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Monitor%20The%20House
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Monitor%20The%20House
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Monitor The House”
end tell
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Activates Sound Recognition and listens for fire alarms, sirens, smoke alarms, glass breaking, and shouting – anything you’d definitely want to know about in a work environment.
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Reset Sound Recognition
Turns off all the sound recognizer options, while leaving Sound Recognition active.
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