RE: Creating a phone shortcut
One thing to note. If you delete a contact you have a shortcut for you will need to delete the shortcut unless there is a way to have this automatically done. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 12:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Creating a phone shortcut This is not difficult, and actually the shortcuts app sometimes recommends people from your contacts to call for a shortcut. But what I have done is to create a fake contact,then createthe shortcut. All you have to do is download the shortcut, change the contact to whoever you want from your contacts, and then put it on your home screen. I have put a link below to download the shortcut. And after that, I put the instructions you need to complete the task. Just so people will know,you only use one shortcut action to make this shortcut, and that is the call action. OK, here is the download link for the shortcut. The instructions will be after the link. <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c46bc63838c44a19abba81246330b496> Call <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c46bc63838c44a19abba81246330b496> icloud.com <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c46bc63838c44a19abba81246330b496> After you have downloaded the shortcut. Open the shortcuts app and it should be in your list of shortcuts. Actually it should be the first one. To edit the shortcut, double tap on the shortcut name. On the next screen, swipe until you get to test person. This is the name of the fake contact I added to the shortcut. Flick up or down and choose edit contact.This will bring up a list of your contacts. Just double tap on the one you want to add to the shortcut. Then, just go back to the top and double tapthe done button. You are now back on the screen of the list of your shortcuts. Swipe to the name of the shortcut and do a triple tap on it. >From the pop up menu, choose details. >From that menu, choose add to your home screen. Just hit the done button and your done. Chris Chaffin t On Aug 12, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Dennis Long mailto:dennisl1...@gmail.com> > wrote: I think this can be done. This would be awesome. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:54 PM To: viphone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Creating a phone shortcut Greetings all. I would like to create a shortcut to appear on my home screen to call a specific phone contact or favorite. For the record, I don't use Siri hardly at all, except to call my wife. It occurred to me today that I could probably add a shortcut or contact to my home screen to do this, and then I would be able to disable Siri completely. I realize Siri is an everyday life line for many, and I have no problem with that. I have my reasons for not using Siri, and for the record, I informed an Apple representative once when I was talking to them about another issue, and they said they would pass my feedback along to the Siri team. Anyway, I am very much a novice shortcut user. I have only used shortcuts for a small handful of things. So, with that in mind, does anyone have simple steps for creating a shortcut for what I want to do, or, can you point me to a resource that is laid out for novice shortcut users like me? Thanks, Wayne -- Wayne Merritt Certified JAWS 2023 Trainer https://www.freedomscientific.com/certification Connect with me on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks <http://www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks> -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYhKtfMDKRBoznzJ%2BBHOA2EkzNBu8N%2B6mr%2BnNqr176Xp7Lviw%40mail.gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is in
Re: Creating a phone shortcut
This is not difficult, and actually the shortcuts app sometimes recommends people from your contacts to call for a shortcut. But what I have done is to create a fake contact,then createthe shortcut. All you have to do is download the shortcut, change the contact to whoever you want from your contacts, and then put it on your home screen.I have put a link below to download the shortcut. And after that, I put the instructions you need to complete the task.Just so people will know,you only use one shortcut action to make this shortcut, and that is the call action.OK, here is the download link for the shortcut. The instructions will be after the link. Callicloud.comAfter you have downloaded the shortcut. Open the shortcuts app and it should be in your list of shortcuts. Actually it should be the first one.To edit the shortcut, double tap on the shortcut name.On the next screen, swipe until you get to test person. This is the name of the fake contact I added to the shortcut.Flick up or down and choose edit contact.This will bring up a list of your contacts. Just double tap on the one you want to add to the shortcut.Then, just go back to the top and double tapthe done button.You are now back on the screen of the list of your shortcuts.Swipe to the name of the shortcut and do a triple tap on it.From the pop up menu, choose details.From that menu, choose add to your home screen.Just hit the done button and your done.Chris Chaffin t On Aug 12, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Dennis Long wrote:I think this can be done. This would be awesome.-Original Message-From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Wayne MerrittSent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:54 PMTo: viphone Subject: Creating a phone shortcutGreetings all. I would like to create a shortcut to appear on my home screen to call a specific phone contact or favorite. For the record, I don't use Siri hardly at all, except to call my wife. It occurred to me today that I could probably add a shortcut or contact to my home screen to do this, and then I would be able to disable Siri completely. I realize Siri is an everyday life line for many, and I have no problem with that. I have my reasons for not using Siri, and for the record, I informed an Apple representative once when I was talking to them about another issue, and they said they would pass my feedback along to the Siri team. Anyway, I am very much a novice shortcut user. I have only used shortcuts for a small handful of things. So, with that in mind, does anyone have simple steps for creating a shortcut for what I want to do, or, can you point me to a resource that is laid out for novice shortcut users like me?Thanks,Wayne--Wayne MerrittCertified JAWS 2023 Trainerhttps://www.freedomscientific.com/certificationConnect with me on GoodReads:www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks--The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.comThe archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/---You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYhKtfMDKRBoznzJ%2BBHOA2EkzNBu8N%2B6mr%2BnNqr176Xp7Lviw%40mail.gmail.com.-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.comThe archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/037301d9cd33%24414e0a80%24c3ea1f80%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor.
Re: Creating a phone shortcut
This is quite easy. It will be a one item shortcut. There should be a button to create a new shortcut. Then search for actions there will be a call contact or something closely equivalent. Once you have an action in the actions list you swipe up and down to select the specific items that can be adjusted, double tap inonce the appropriate rotor selector and fill out the specific information. Then when you indicate you are finished there should be a button to add to home screen, if you have a sighted person using your phone you can select a image as the icon on your home screen. Sorry, I can’t be more specific right now. But ask again if you get stuck. > On Aug 11, 2023, at 10:54 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > > Greetings all. I would like to create a shortcut to appear on my home > screen to call a specific phone contact or favorite. For the record, I > don't use Siri hardly at all, except to call my wife. It occurred to > me today that I could probably add a shortcut or contact to my home > screen to do this, and then I would be able to disable Siri > completely. I realize Siri is an everyday life line for many, and I > have no problem with that. I have my reasons for not using Siri, and > for the record, I informed an Apple representative once when I was > talking to them about another issue, and they said they would pass my > feedback along to the Siri team. Anyway, I am very much a novice > shortcut user. I have only used shortcuts for a small handful of > things. So, with that in mind, does anyone have simple steps for > creating a shortcut for what I want to do, or, can you point me to a > resource that is laid out for novice shortcut users like me? > > Thanks, > Wayne > > -- > Wayne Merritt > Certified JAWS 2023 Trainer > https://www.freedomscientific.com/certification > Connect with me on GoodReads: > www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYhKtfMDKRBoznzJ%2BBHOA2EkzNBu8N%2B6mr%2BnNqr176Xp7Lviw%40mail.gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/F128FCD4-4EEE-4FA7-8CBD-458FAB8E8952%40gmail.com.
RE: Creating a phone shortcut
I think this can be done. This would be awesome. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:54 PM To: viphone Subject: Creating a phone shortcut Greetings all. I would like to create a shortcut to appear on my home screen to call a specific phone contact or favorite. For the record, I don't use Siri hardly at all, except to call my wife. It occurred to me today that I could probably add a shortcut or contact to my home screen to do this, and then I would be able to disable Siri completely. I realize Siri is an everyday life line for many, and I have no problem with that. I have my reasons for not using Siri, and for the record, I informed an Apple representative once when I was talking to them about another issue, and they said they would pass my feedback along to the Siri team. Anyway, I am very much a novice shortcut user. I have only used shortcuts for a small handful of things. So, with that in mind, does anyone have simple steps for creating a shortcut for what I want to do, or, can you point me to a resource that is laid out for novice shortcut users like me? Thanks, Wayne -- Wayne Merritt Certified JAWS 2023 Trainer https://www.freedomscientific.com/certification Connect with me on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYhKtfMDKRBoznzJ%2BBHOA2EkzNBu8N%2B6mr%2BnNqr176Xp7Lviw%40mail.gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/037301d9cd33%24414e0a80%24c3ea1f80%24%40gmail.com.
Creating a phone shortcut
Greetings all. I would like to create a shortcut to appear on my home screen to call a specific phone contact or favorite. For the record, I don't use Siri hardly at all, except to call my wife. It occurred to me today that I could probably add a shortcut or contact to my home screen to do this, and then I would be able to disable Siri completely. I realize Siri is an everyday life line for many, and I have no problem with that. I have my reasons for not using Siri, and for the record, I informed an Apple representative once when I was talking to them about another issue, and they said they would pass my feedback along to the Siri team. Anyway, I am very much a novice shortcut user. I have only used shortcuts for a small handful of things. So, with that in mind, does anyone have simple steps for creating a shortcut for what I want to do, or, can you point me to a resource that is laid out for novice shortcut users like me? Thanks, Wayne -- Wayne Merritt Certified JAWS 2023 Trainer https://www.freedomscientific.com/certification Connect with me on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYhKtfMDKRBoznzJ%2BBHOA2EkzNBu8N%2B6mr%2BnNqr176Xp7Lviw%40mail.gmail.com.
