Detect doors
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect Doors in the Camera view.
Describe this
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the “Describe This” feature that “provides a description of what’s in the camera view.”
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Open Reader
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Reader mode, which scans text and speaks it out loud
Start point and speak
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Point and Speak feature that will detect text near your finger.
Detect text
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Text function so you can scan any visible words in the Camera view.
Detect furniture
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect Furniture in the Camera view.
Start Magnifier
Opens the Mangifier app with without any preset activity; resets anything currently set.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Describe%20this
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Describe%20this
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Describe this”
end tell
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Copy my email address
Copies a prefilled email address to your clipboard to paste elsewhere.
Activate Voice Search
Opens Arc Search and activates the voice search mode (available by long-pressing on the + button in the app).
Set noise controls mode
Connects to your Powerbeats and asks you which mode to set – noise cancellation, transparency, or off. Utilizes AirBuddy when run from Mac.
View in Wayback machine
Take a link from the Share sheet or yourclipboard and open it in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to see past versions of the page.
Open YouTube on the Nest Hub
Asks the Google Assistant to open the YouTube app on your Nest Hub display.
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