Dictate Text
Transcribes what you say aloud into text and passes the result to the next action.
Dictate to Arc
Starts dictation, then stops after you pause and passes your dictation to Arc Search as a query.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Dictate%20to%20Arc
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Dictate%20to%20Arc
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Dictate to Arc”
end tell
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