Play announce Siri Tone

Gets the deep link into the filesystem for the Announce Message tone and plays it out loud.

Actions Used

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Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20announce%20Siri%20Tone
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20announce%20Siri%20Tone
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Play announce Siri Tone” end tell

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