Transform Your iPhone with These 8 Incredible Siri Shortcuts

Last year, I made a video introducing the Shortcuts app on the iPhone, I’ll link to it in the description of this video, I would recommend you watch that video first if you’re brand new to shortcuts, and then come back to this video. I think the problem though is that actually building Shortcuts yourself can be quite confusing. But, the Shortcuts app has something called the Shortcuts gallery, which is full of super useful shortcuts that Apple themselves have designed. The problem with that is that most people don’t have the time to browse through them all, so I thought I’d do it for you, in a new series that I’m provisionally calling ‘Shortcut Showcase’.

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Chapters;
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Batch Add Reminders
2:16 - Search List on Google
4:13 - Read body of text out loud
4:49 - Combine screenshots and share
6:31 - Bulk tag notes
7:58 - Convert Burst to GIF
9:02 - Zip and Email
10:08 - Turn Text into Audio
11:41 - End

[macvince]

Thanks! Great video, concise explanations!

[suzanner]

You’re videos NEVER disappoint. You always manage to find things that no one else covers in their videos. Well done.

[zzsofi]

I love how you give actually useful and “hidden feature” tips, not just the basic ones everybody heard of. Great job, looking forward another shortcut and/or iphone tips! 😊 As a new ios user your channel is very informational and helpful, thanks!

[citizen]

Hello. I just wanted to point out something regarding the shortcut at 4:13 - the ‘read body of text out loud’ shortcut.

You point out with that the voice used is a crude and old-fashioned voice-to-text speech.

But that’s just the default. It’s called David. If you go into the settings for that shortcut you can select other voices including the much better Siri voices (Siri 1 and Siri 2).

After changing this setting the text will be spoken aloud in the usual Siri voice.

To do this you go into Shortcuts and find the shortcut in question. You hit the 3 dots to edit the shortcut.

Then you go to the last step of the shortcut which is ‘speak [safari logo] body’ and hit the little blue right-pointing arrow. This opens up the settings for the voice. At the bottom is ‘Voice’, hit that and select Siri 1/2 as you prefer.

You can also change the speed the voice speaks at and the pitch here but the default is probably fine for most people.

Once you’ve made your choice then hit ‘Done’ in the top right corner to save the changes you’ve made.

[n-rajesh]

This was like opening a whole new portal for iPhone users!

[uzairamod]

I am a tech nerd. And at this point I think I know everything about tech (especially Apple) but this guy always teaches me something new.

[jeffwoodard]

Really good content my friend. Thank you!

[davidgillon]

Thanks for such an informative video. So many things in there which are easy to overlook - thanks for picking out some good ones.
I have a question though…the batch add reminders is so useful, BUT, it reverses the order of reminders in any list selected from an email for example. Is there any way to preserve the original order?

[donaldnorth]

As usual, your presentation is rather fast however very relevant! That’s why I subscribe to your channel so I can get the pdf versions! I have an awesome collection of some of your best presentations that I find relevant for me, especially since I’m not an iPhone expert! Thanks so much!

[ademb]

I loved all of these and will be adding them all!

[MurrayAtherton]

I’m going to have to watch this agIan…. When shortcuts came out.. i looked at them…intimidated with how to create them so have never gone back. Thanks for this!

[yousifnajjar]

Regarding turning text into audio, if not wanting to save it could you not just highlight the body of text and select read? I find that works nicely

[MrX-otcv]

my favorite was zip and email. Thank U!

[Swedeninthahood]

Really cool video! Zip files one of the best!

[letiziasparks]

drinking really hope you're okay" 🤣😂🤣😂

[Rizwanudeenpb]

Excellent article. I never like any videos easily. But I did it today to encourage you to do more useful contact similar to this video. Can't wait for your next video. Thanks.

[LaughterNow]

Great video. Please make more shortcut videos.

[GeorgeB]

Good evening some time ago I watched a video you made and mentioned how to clarify or improve sound when making a call can you be so kind and direct me to that video

[johndoe-yweb]

Is the Read Body of Text shortcut gone? Can't find it in gallery

[RonLego]

Nice vid. Looking for "Read Body of Article Out Loud", I couldn't find it in the gallery. Was it removed? :-(