Open Reader

Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Reader mode, which scans text and speaks it out loud

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Describe this

Opens the Magnifier app and activates the “Describe This” feature that “provides a description of what’s in the camera view.”

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Reader
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Reader
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open Reader” end tell

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Speak article

Takes an article from input and calculates an average speaking speed based on the words-per-minute, then reads the article out loud in its entirety.

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Cancel Timer

Cancels the next-most timer running in the Clock app. If there are multiple timers, the second timer will continue running unless this action is used again.

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