Listen for coughing
Activates Sound Recognition and turns on the option to listen for coughing.
Monitor The Office
Activates Sound Recognition and listens for fire alarms, sirens, smoke alarms, glass breaking, and shouting – anything you’d definitely want to know about in a work environment.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Monitor%20The%20Office
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Monitor%20The%20Office
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Monitor The Office”
end tell
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Monitor The House
Activates sound recognition for smoke alarms, cats or dogs, appliances, door bells, knocking, glass reaking, kettles, and water running.
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