Detect people
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect People 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.”
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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Start point and speak
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Point and Speak feature that will detect text near your finger.
Start saved activity
Asks you to pick from your Saved Activity list from the Magnifier app and activates your choice.
Detect furniture
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect Furniture in the Camera view.
Detect text
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Text function so you can scan any visible words in the Camera view.
Detect doors
Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect Doors in the Camera view.
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Uses the Elgato Control Center app to turn off my Key Lights and Key Light mini.
Open an app on the Apple TV
Wakes a specified Apple TV, opens an app of your choosing, then shows the digital Remote Control.
Toggle the Bedroom lights
Sets the Hue lamps on the side tables in my bedroom on or off.
Turn on KQED
Turns on my living room, turns off your alarm in case you’ve woken up before it, and softly plays the radio station on my HomePod.
Show Apple Music Replay
Opens the website for Apple Music Replay where you can visualize your past year of music listening habits.
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