Activate Sound Recognition
Tells your device to start listening for any sounds you’ve chosen.
Listen for coughing
Activates Sound Recognition and turns on the option to listen for coughing.
Matthew's Score
5/5
Total Actions
2
Shortcut Information
Designed for tracking symptoms, this shortcut can be used with Personal Automations to log every time you cough.
I first saw this as an option for folks monitoring COVID-19 symptoms, which provides an extremely useful set of data points over time.
I first saw this as an option for folks monitoring COVID-19 symptoms, which provides an extremely useful set of data points over time.
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iOS Features
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Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Listen%20for%20coughing
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Listen%20for%20coughing
AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Listen for coughing”
end tell
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Reset Sound Recognition
Turns off all the sound recognizer options, while leaving Sound Recognition active.
Pause Sound Recognition
Pauses the Sound Recognition feature (rather than fully disabling it).
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