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1 major flaw
rynox
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Homey doesnt tell you it didnt recognize any words/commands. Siri/Google Now will tell you it doesnt understand what you just said to it; Siri even searches the web for you (even tho i dont like it).
You get no feedback at all. When i say 'oke homey, tell me the time' you see it thinks by emiting a yellowish color around its border, then just goes back to default.
Homey should tell you something like 'Sorry i didnt understand you. Please try again later/try something else'.
Without this, it makes Homey super unfriendly. I can't tell whether it didnt match any apps, just didnt understood what i said or if it actually DOES something.
You get no feedback at all. When i say 'oke homey, tell me the time' you see it thinks by emiting a yellowish color around its border, then just goes back to default.
Homey should tell you something like 'Sorry i didnt understand you. Please try again later/try something else'.
Without this, it makes Homey super unfriendly. I can't tell whether it didnt match any apps, just didnt understood what i said or if it actually DOES something.
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Open that page in ur Chrome browser and try:
Tell me the time
What time is it
What is the time
And whatever u feel like to ask. Be surprised!!
But to be honest, you best bet is to create a github issue, ideas on the forum aren't read by the Athom team.
This product is far from market-ready...
than I have to say "I don't understand you"
Read this : http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/27/amazon-says-it-sold-millions-of-alexa-devices-over-holiday-sales-of-echo-up-9x-over-last-year/
You guys realize these new customers can break Athom much faster then we can expect?
I think Echo and Alexa have a great future. I imagine a world where every device has it's own ip adress and where there is no more z-wave etc but only your local computer network. How easy is it to connect a voice controlled system (or robot?) to this network and let it switch on the lights? Peanuts. No more problems with different protocols. You already see 3rd parties developing devices to connect to Echo and Alexa. Alexa has a developers kit (ASK) to include its voice recognition in any other device with a mic and speaker (homey? ;-) ) . I think this is the way to go and I would think twice before filling your home with zwave, zigbee, Kaku etc.
- When Homey stops listening set a variable like 'waitForHomey' to true.
- When Homey says something, set the variable 'waitForHomey' to false.
- If Homey didn't say anything within 6 seconds ('waitForHomey' is still true), make it say; "Sorry, I didn't understand what you mean with <repeat your question>"
http://www.nu.nl/gadgetbeurs-ces/4375382/achtergrond-amazon-wint-ces-met-alomtegenwoordige-stemassistent-alexa.html
Alexa is particularly open to developers of all kinds of gadgets, but have the voice assistant do purchases at another shop than Amazon is not possible.
and
Language while being really constitutes a barrier: Alexa works in English and other major languages, but for example, has no Dutch version
This was also a major reason to choose for Homey, which doesn't collect personal data or personal sounds when it is not needed.
How sure are you about that?
But Athom says:
Jouw data is jouw data.
Al je data wordt lokaal opgeslagen, en wordt niet gedeeld met ons of een andere partij.
Gewoon omdat het jouw data is, niet de onze.
A business relationship is always based on trust in the first place. The one who betrayes the other, will have an enemy forever.
https://github.com/athombv/homey/issues/93
Google got big: don't be evil.
Look where the now are......
What is my data? That's not described and what happens with data that's goes through the cloud from your homey to your phones homey app? Is that still your data or data considered as "shared with" Athom?
Nope... Homey is not really ready for the "standard consumer".
On the other hand, univeral home-automation is all about programming flows that tell devices how to communicate and reakt with each other. Someone who is able to create those flows, is also able to solve this problem. However It may take a few days or a week to learn how Homey works and what it can do for you, so bringing it back the second day is a little 'overheated'.
And yes... Thing like Alexa and Assistant might work "flawlessly"... but not if you talk Dutch... and not with brands that wont kneel for Amazon/Google... and not without collecting private information... and not without recording EVERYTHING that is said... etc. THAT's what I call a major flaw....