Open Spoken Content preferences
Opens the deep link in Accessibility > Spoken Content where you can adjust settings like Speak Selection, Speak Screen, Highlight Content, Typing Feedback, Voices, Default Language, Speaking Rate, and Pronunciations.
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%20Spoken%20Content%20preferences
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Spoken%20Content%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Spoken Content preferences”
end tell
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