Listen for coughing
Activates Sound Recognition and turns on the option to listen for coughing.
Pause Sound Recognition
Pauses the Sound Recognition feature (rather than fully disabling it).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Pause%20Sound%20Recognition
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Pause%20Sound%20Recognition
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Pause Sound Recognition”
end tell
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