Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Balanced Noise
Toggles background sounds and sets it to Balanced Noise.
Actions
Set Background Sounds
Change the background sound that will play when background sounds is turned on off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
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Set background sounds
Presents a menu of the six options for Background Sounds available in Accessibility—balanced noise, bright noise, dark noise, ocean, ra, and stream sounds—then activates the choice, turns on the sounds, sets the volume to 20%, and also allows sounds during background media at 10%.
Set background sound during media only
Toggles “Background Sounds When Media is Playing” and sets “Volume When Media Is Playing” to 10%.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Balanced%20Noise
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Balanced%20Noise
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Balanced Noise”
end tell
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