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taio://actions?action=run&name=Clippings%20Backup - WTF
Siri Simone Voicemail Greeting
As of iOS17, it would appear that responsibility for synthesizing the Default Greeting preview (locally on one’s device) has now fallen to whichever Siri voice you currently have selected in settings at the time.
Upon noticing this, I verified that the actual recording a missed caller will hear is the same (apparently carrier-side) as its been since before the trees and rocks on Earth and it occurred to me just how much better stock, out of the box Siri Voice 2 sounds than her, so I gave it a shot.
I plan to leave it as my greeting for the time being so - if you’re curious/require hearing what your missed callers will actually hear - horrendous noise and all - I would encourage you to call me, anytime). I do not experience or follow up with unknown callers unless they leave a voicemail… which I’d also be more than fine with you doing.
+1 (573) 823-4380
Enjoy!
Clippings Backup Taio Action

This action uses the Get Clippings action step to return the content of all clippings, which is then counted by lines and backed up (by default) in the root of one’s iCloud Drive storage for Taio as clippings.md. (iCloud Drive/Taio/Editor/clippings.md) Before finishing, the action displays the number of lines it has backed up.
Video Demo
Source
{
"actions": [
{
"type": "@clips.get-text",
"parameters": {
"mode": 1
}
},
{
"type": "@flow.set-variable",
"parameters": {
"value": {
"value": "$",
"tokens": [
{
"location": 0,
"value": "@input"
}
]
},
"name": {
"value": "clippings"
}
}
},
{
"type": "@text.count",
"parameters": {
"mode": 0,
"text": {
"value": "$",
"tokens": [
{
"location": 0,
"value": "clippings"
}
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "@flow.set-variable",
"parameters": {
"value": {
"value": "$",
"tokens": [
{
"location": 0,
"value": "@input"
}
]
},
"name": {
"value": "count"
}
}
},
{
"type": "@editor.new",
"parameters": {
"location": 2,
"openInEditor": false,
"filename": {
"value": "clippings.md"
},
"text": {
"value": "$",
"tokens": [
{
"location": 0,
"value": "clippings"
}
]
},
"overwriteIfExists": true
}
},
{
"type": "@ui.toast",
"parameters": {
"style": 0,
"waitUntilDone": false,
"title": {
"value": "$ Clippings Backed Up",
"tokens": [
{
"location": 0,
"value": "count"
}
]
}
}
}
],
"buildVersion": 1,
"name": "Clippings Backup",
"clientMinVersion": 1,
"summary": "Backs up all clippings content - merged in a single text file - at [iCloud Storage]/clippings.md.",
"icon": {
"glyph": "externaldrive.badge.checkmark",
"color": "#10ADC0"
},
"clientVersion": 1222
}
a-Shell App Store Review

The notable boundary-pusher in the iPadOS/iOS local command line.
There are now quite a few terminal emulator-esque apps on the App Store, but I’ve been using a-Shell since it was joined only by Blink (from which it was forked) and iSH. As it was then, a-Shell remains the only one of these with which one can actually accomplish command line tasks locally beyond screwing around. I am ultimately not a command line native, and I don’t have the basic theory beneath my use of Python scripts, yet I’ve been able to accomplish startlingly powerful things within this app, thanks in large part to gracious and immediately-available support via the project’s Discord server.
If you’ve found yourself here by way of a Siri Shortcut’s requirement, I would encourage you to take the time to investigate the commands said shortcut(s) run - try running them yourself!
Jayson App Store Review
I Am No Longer Afraid of JSON
All of Simon’s apps are genius and wholly unique, but Jayson will always have a special place in mine own heart as the single application which finally killed my phobia of JSON, in general. It is by far the most elegant and intelligent means of manipulating JSON dictionaries I’ve ever seen on any platform. I’ve worked with both the iOS and macOS apps, now, and both are - dare I say it - a genuine joy to use. BUY!