Open Subtitles and Captioning preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Subtitles and Captioning where you can enable or disable Closed Captions + SDH. Also includes options for the Style, and whether to Show Audio Transcriptions for announcements from HomePod.
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%20Subtitles%20and%20Captioning%20preferences
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Subtitles%20and%20Captioning%20preferences
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Subtitles and Captioning preferences”
end tell
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