Play announce Siri Tone

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

Actions

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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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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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Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.

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Shame

Gets the base64-encoded text for the Shame sound from Game of Thrones, decodes it, and plays it twice at 75% volume with a short break in between.

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Make fun of me

Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.

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Silencio

Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20announce%20Siri%20Tone
Link to Open Shortcut
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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Customize Siri responses

Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search > Siri Responses where you can toggle where to Prefer Silent Responses, PRefer Spoken Responses, or set it to Automatic. Options also include a toggle to Always Show Siri Captions and Always Show Speech – I have these all turned on.

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