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

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
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
Set Zoom
Zoom magnifies the entire screen.

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 Personal Voice preferences

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Open Siri Accessibility preferences

Opens the deep link into Settings for Accessibility and Siri, including controls for Type to Siri, Siri Pause Time, Speaking Rate, Spoken Responses, whether to Always Listen for “Hey Siri,” whether to Show Apps Behind Siri, whether to Announce Notifications on Speaker, and Call Hang Up with Siri during phone and FaceTime calls.

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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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