Detect text

Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Text function so you can scan any visible words in the Camera view.

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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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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Detect%20text
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Detect%20text
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Detect text” end tell

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Show NBA news

Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.

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Show my Share Sheet shortcuts

Use this shortcut once you have a few Share Sheet shortcuts and want to organize them accordingly.

You can also drag shortcuts into and out of this folder to add or remove them from the set, which works well with multi-select and drag and d

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