Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
Actions Used
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).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Honk
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Honk
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Honk”
end tell
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Open Sounds settings
Takes you into the Sounds settings, located in Settings > Sounds and Haptics on iOS and System Settings > Sounds on macOS.
High alert
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.
Play announce Siri Tone
Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.
Play my audio recording
Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.
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.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
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Request ride
Asks you to enter a destination and the number of people, then requests a ride using your app of choice.
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 Downtime
Opens the deep link into the Downtime feature (inside Screen Time) in iOS settings.
Show my podcast campaigns
Opens to the Campaigns tab on Transistor.fm to let you “configure ads, promotions, announcements, or other audio snippets to be included in your episodes.”
New Freeform window
Opens Freeform and presses the keyboard shortcut to create a new window.
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