Sounds

Honk

Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.

Actions

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Set Volume

Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Files, Scripting

Base64 Encode

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Device, Scripting

Play Sound

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

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Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.

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Silencio

Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.

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Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.

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Play Start Up song

Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.

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Play Mac sound

Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.

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Make fun of me

Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.

I built this after being inspired by a similar website, wanting to see if I could recreate it in Shortcuts. Original material: http: or or www.pangloss.com or seidel or shake_rule.html

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