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.

Scripting Actions

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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

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

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Open Audio/Visual preferences

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