Dictate reminder

Uses the Dictate Text action set to stop listening "After Pause" and then saves my text into the To Do list created in Reminders (or your default list).

Actions Used

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Dictate Text
Transcribes what you say aloud into text and passes the result to the next action.
Add New Reminder
Creates a new reminder and adds it to the selected list of reminders.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Dictate%20reminder
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Dictate%20reminder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Dictate reminder” end tell

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