Open Accessibility Shortcut preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut to let you configure the Side Button to toggle accessibility feautres on or off.
Choose between Apple Watch Mirroring, AssistiveTouch, Background Sounds, Classic Invert, Color Filters, Control Nearby Devices, Detection Mode, Dim Flashing Lights, Increase Contrast, Left or Right Balance, Live Captions, Live Speech, Magnifier, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, Voice Control, Reduce White Point, Smart Invert, Switch Control, VoiceOver, Zoom, Full Keyboard Access, and Speak Screen.
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Accessibility%20Shortcut%20preferences
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Accessibility%20Shortcut%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Accessibility Shortcut preferences”
end tell
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Toggle Reduce White Point
Switches the setting to Reduce White Point, lowering the overall screen brightness below normally-allowed levels.
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 Accessibility preferences
Opens the deep link into the Accessibility settings on iOS or the Universal Access preference pane on macOS.
Open RTT preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > RTT to let you adjust “Real-time Text,” described by Apple as “a service offering more reliability, better text support, and the ability to speak and hear during a call” with Software and Hardware options.
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.
Open Sound Recognition preferences
Opens the Sound Recognition section of Accessibility settings and lets you toggle the feature on or off, see how much storage is used, and choose which sounds to recognize.
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Open Criterion TV
Opens the Criterion Collection app for Apple TV that lets you view films from the catalog.
Calculate tip
Asks you to enter in the bill, then the percentage to tip, then calculates the tip total plus total cost and presents it back to you.
Cross-post to Twitter and Threads
Prompts you to enter in a message, then copies the text, opens to Twitter for you to post, waits for you to return, then opens Threads with the message filled out. On Mac, opens the Threads website.
Open Apps on the App Store
Opens the Apps tab of the App Store on iOS and iPadOS, and on macOS shows a menu where you can choose from Create, Work, Develop, or Categories sections to open.
Post link to Threads
Presents the link excerpt, then asks you to share your commentary along with the URL in a new post on Threads.
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