ᐅ Alexa and Other Home Automation Systems – Pros and Cons

untergasse43 schrieb:

Oh my. Are you sleeping poorly? Not enough oxygen in the morning? Did Alexa order the wrong medication again? Does nobody except Alexa talk to you? I never said they are as good as Alexa and others, whose speech recognition is undoubtedly top-notch. You pay for that with various data collection practices, and there are indeed "serious" alternatives, but nobody said they are equivalent. I don’t like Synohr either, especially since it looks really ugly. realKNX has more potential. When exactly did you have that installed? But what am I even saying, you seem to have invented those devices yourself. I’m now in awe, since I have no idea, especially not about KNX.

On the Internet, everyone still makes a fool of themselves. Have a nice weekend, Herzje

It annoys me when people write such nonsense. You have already disqualified yourself with the claim of "serious alternatives." They are NOT alternatives… not even close. Not one millimeter! If you don’t see it that way, you either don’t know the systems or have never properly tested them! These are simply facts! Period!

Alright, I give up. You win. Have a great weekend! You could really use some relaxation.

PS: I (foolishly) bought 5 Syncohr devices right away (still during the construction phase) and only got around to testing them after several months. Cost: about 4000 EUR. Returning them was, of course, not possible. I then resold all of them through the KNX forum. I got around 200–300 EUR per unit. Notice something? Nobody wanted them! It simply does not work. Of the two I bought from someone else, both had to be sent back because they were defective.

Quote from "realKNX" regarding Syncohr: "Michi is a very good friend. We even had a joint booth at the Eltefa show last year. He has invested a tremendous amount of development into Syncohr, and I would not presume to compare his product with ours. For me, he is the master of voice analysis."

^---- that really says it all! In the foreseeable future, there will be no offline solution that can compete with cloud-based solutions like Alexa, Siri, or Google. There is simply a huge gap between them—especially in terms of technical infrastructure.

Steffen80 schrieb:

Quote from "realKNX" about Syhnohr: "Michi is a very good friend. We even shared a booth at Eltefa last year. He has invested a huge amount of development into Synohr, and I would not presume to compare his product with ours. To me, he is the master of speech analysis."

^---- that really says it all! In the foreseeable future, there will be no offline solution that can compete with cloud solutions like Alexa, Siri, or Google. There is simply a huge difference... especially in terms of technical infrastructure.

Hi, since you quoted me here, a quick note:
I don’t speak badly about my friends or their products publicly!
Now that you know Synohr, you can compare its functionality with the offline speech solution from RealKNX yourself:
Here is our latest video, recorded with background noise typical of trade shows!
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I thought advertising was not allowed here. You can make as many videos as you want... anyone with even a basic technical understanding knows that an offline solution simply CANNOT currently match cloud services—especially not from corporations like Google or Apple (which basically have unlimited budgets, technology, and expertise).

And once again, "For me, he is the master of language analysis"... and this works very poorly with Syncohr (compared to Google and others). Anyone who denies this simply does not know one of the two systems!