Use Reading List
Saves a story to reading list if one is found, otherwise opens the Reading List section of Safari.
Speak article
Takes an article from input and calculates an average speaking speed based on the words-per-minute, then reads the article out loud in its entirety.
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut to listen to your articles out loud and have them spoken back to you by Siri – works great on AirPods and HomePod.
Created for YouTube: https://youtu.be/8w7zDk7jmq4.
Created for YouTube: https://youtu.be/8w7zDk7jmq4.
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
Actions Used
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Get Article using Safari Reader
Gets article details, including body text, author, publish date, and more, from every URL passed into the action.
Input
URLs
Result
Article
Note
Use a Get Details of Article action immediately after this action to get specific details about the article. This action only supports getting one article from each URL.
Input
URLs
Result
Article
Note
Use a Get Details of Article action immediately after this action to get specific details about the article. This action only supports getting one article from each URL.
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Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Speak%20article
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Speak%20article
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Speak article”
end tell
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