Monitor The Office
Activates Sound Recognition and listens for fire alarms, sirens, smoke alarms, glass breaking, and shouting – anything you’d definitely want to know about in a work environment.
Pick sounds to recognize
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Reset Sound Recognition
Turns off all the sound recognizer options, while leaving Sound Recognition active.
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Stop Monitoring The Office
Pauses Sound Recognition and turns off listenign for Sirens, Fire Alarms, Smoke Alarms, and Shouting.
Pause Sound Recognition
Pauses the Sound Recognition feature (rather than fully disabling it).
Monitor The House
Activates sound recognition for smoke alarms, cats or dogs, appliances, door bells, knocking, glass reaking, kettles, and water running.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Pick%20sounds%20to%20recognize
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Pick%20sounds%20to%20recognize
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Pick sounds to recognize”
end tell
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