Open Audio Descriptions preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Audio Descriptions where you can toggle the feature on or off to, when available, automatically play audio descriptions.
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%20Audio%20Descriptions%20preferences
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Audio%20Descriptions%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Audio Descriptions preferences”
end tell
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