Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Embiggen
Increase the text size on your device (and reset it) as needed. Includes options for “Easier,” “Monitor Stand” (my custom setup), and “Defaults.”
Scripting Actions
Set Text Size
Customize your text size with extended accessibility sizes.
Set Reduce Motion
Reduce the motion of the user interface, including the parallax effect of icons.
Set Reduce Transparency
Improve contrast by reducing transparency and blurs on some backgrounds to increase legibility.
Set Increase Contrast
Increase color contrast between app foreground and background colors
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Embiggen
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Embiggen
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Embiggen”
end tell
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Open Voice Control preferences
Opens the deep link into Accessibility > Voice Control to so you can toggle the feature on or off to allow you to use your voice to control your device, even when you are on calls. Page also includes a link to the Voice Control Guide, controls for Language, Commands, Vocabulary, and options for Show Confirmation, Play Sound, Show Hints, Continuous Overlay, and Attention Aware.
Open Side Button preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Side Button where you can adjut the Click Speed, Press and Hold to Speak, and Side Button Confirmation for Switch Control and AssistiveTouch.
Open Apple TV Remote preferences
Opens the Accessibility settings for the Apple TV Remote, which include changes the swipe gestures to Directional Buttons only, and Live TV Buttons for guide and channel buttons.
Open Zoom preferences
Opens into Settings > Accessibility > Zoom to let you toggle the feature on or off to magnify the entire screen with a double tap, three-finger drag, and double tap three fingers, as well as features like Follow Focus, Smart Typing, Keyboard Shortcuts, Zoom Controller, Zoom Region, Zoom Filter, Show while Mirroring, and Maximum Zoom Level.
Open Sound Recognition preferences
Opens the Sound Recognition section of Accessibility settings and lets you toggle the feature on or off, see how much storage is used, and choose which sounds to recognize.
Toggle Voice Control
Switches the Voice Control so you can issue commands to your device, giving you hands-free control of your devices.
Works great for Accessibility purposes, as well as simply using a device when you can’t reach it – I use this on my iPad Pro when it’s on the stand I have on my desk.
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Show The Verge on Flipboard
Opens the Flipboard account for The Verge where you can see recent stories from the cutting edge of technology.
Activate ChatGPT launcher
Runs AppleScript to press the key code for Option + Space, the keyboard shortcut for ChatGPT’s launcher.
Convert rich text to Ulysses markdown
Converts the shortcut input from rich text to Markdown and adds it as a new sheet in Ulysses.
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