Except when you hit the privacy button on top of BONJOUR, BONJOUR is waiting for the
2 following magic words, "OK BONJOUR," to start recording and analyzing your speech. You can then ask anything you want. BONJOUR will stop recording automatically after your last word (end-of-speech auto-detection technology).

"OK BONJOUR" is what we call a trigger word. It is embedded and processed into BONJOUR (locally, not in the cloud) so no single piece of conversation is ever sent to the cloud for speck analysis before you pronounce those two words.

Just start chatting with BONJOUR like you would with your friends! BONJOUR’s technology is capable of recognizing your intention in a natural way.

Absolutely. Anyone can ask BONJOUR a question as soon as they clearly express what they expect from BONJOUR and are speaking in English or French.

As of now, BONJOUR can speak and understand English and French. We plan to extend to other languages later, starting with Spanish.

BONJOUR embeds a noise-cancelling algorithm that enables it to understand your intention even if there is some background noise. However, your voice must be louder than the surrounding noise level.

As soon as you grant BONJOUR access to your calendar, it can check your daily agenda. BONJOUR works with Google calendar or iOS calendar.

The first time you use BONJOUR, it asks you to complete your profile, including where you live and where you work. It also checks if an address is associated with your first meeting. Then it checks several services such as here.com (for traffic information) and Google Map (for the map) to know current traffic conditions and commuting time.

Never. The data you grant BONJOUR access to remains yours. BONJOUR never shares data with third-parties except to perform its services.

With BONJOUR, user can set an "IF" alarm. For example, you can ask BONJOUR to "Wake me up tomorrow at 7am IF the weather is good, if not let me sleep". In this case, if at 7am the weather is rainy, BONJOUR will not wake you up. As BONJOUR continues to develop, we plan to link the conditional alarm to other services such as transportation (car, flight, subway) or sports-related conditions (surf report, snow conditions).

BONJOUR’s conditional alarm requires Internet access. If BONJOUR has trouble connecting to Internet, BONJOUR will wake you up at the expected time.

Yes, BONJOUR embeds a premium stereo sound system with 2 tweeters and 1 bass radiator. It enables BONJOUR to produce the greatest sound you’ve ever heard from an alarm clock.

Yes, BONJOUR is friendly with Spotify and other web-based streaming services and radios.

Amazon Echo is an amazing product and we love it too. Because Echo can do many things and be placed anywhere in your home, we’ve decided to focus on the bedroom. By focusing on the bedroom, we’re able to offer you the best waking experience. BONJOUR is also a friendly assistant who understands your morning routine and knows what you want before you even ask.

We believe the interaction with Amazon Echo lacks some visual feedback. That’s why we developed a great screen: each time you talk with BONJOUR, it gives you a visual feedback of what it’s doing. You can have a look at the weather animation, to visualize traffic jam, watch the home camera or play a video message.

And good news: BONJOUR will be compatible with Amazon’s Alexa service (the brain behind Amazon Echo). If you need something BONJOUR can’t natively do, you can still ask Alexa to do it. For example, you can say "OK BONJOUR, ask Alexa to add some toothpaste to my shopping list".

Yes. We’ve developed a companion APP to help setup your BONJOUR easily and connect seamlessly to your WIFI network. BONJOUR app will be available for both iOS (9+) and Android (4.3+) smartphones.

BONJOUR can connect to your Google calendar and iCal if you grant it access. Then BONJOUR can check when and where (if localization is indicated) your first morning meeting is. It will then advise you when to leave buying checking local traffic information.

Yes. BONJOUR services are built in the cloud so you must have BONJOUR connected to a WiFi network to work. However, if your networks goes down while you sleep, BONJOUR will still wake-you up at the scheduled time.

BONJOUR software is built on top of Android 6.0 but it is currently proprietary. This is an area we will continue to evaluate.

This is something we would love to do in the future but has yet to happen. We are first focusing on BONJOUR’s software development.

BONJOUR already works with devices such as lights from Philips Hue (and of course holi), switches from WeMo and Nest thermostats. BONJOUR can already play music from your Spotify (premium) subscription and connect to your FitBit account.

Smart Home Apps and Devices:
- Nest: nest thermostat, nest protect, nest cam
- Belkin wemo: wemo switch
- Philips hue (lighting)
- LifX (lighting, initially a pretty big success on KS with $1.3M in 2012)
- smarthings products
- Amazon Alexa
Fitness Apps and Devices:
- FitBit trackers
- Runkeeper app
- Strava app
- Withings trackers

Personal Planning Apps and Devices :
- Traffic / road conditions
- Weather information
- Google Calendar
- iCal
- Uber (ordering an uber, being notified when he reaches home)
Music:
- Spotify
- Any web radio

BONJOUR’s skills are built in the cloud, so it will add new compatibilities and skills every day!

BONJOUR’s brain is built in the cloud. BONJOUR connects to third-party services and gathers the data it needs such as the weather, traffic conditions, your calendar or your activity level using various APIs. For some services, such as Spotify or FitBit, you need to grant BONJOUR access to your accounts.

No, we don’t charge any subscription but some services may require a subscription (such as Spotify).

Of course you can! However, because it’s controlled by voice, we don’t recommend to having more than one BONJOUR per room.

We want our client to wake up without worrying about security issues or data protection. We respect our clients’ data and commit to use the data only for the completion of BONJOUR’s services. To ensure the security of their data, we use SSL encryption to secure personal data sent to and from the cloud and digital certificates are used to authenticate devices.

We designed the privacy button on top of BONJOUR so you can temporarily inactivate BONJOUR. When BONJOUR is activated it doesn’t record anything without being activated by the trigger word "BONJOUR". Your request is encrypted while being processed in the cloud. At the end of your vocal request, BONJOUR automatically stops recording (end of speech detection).

BONJOUR comes with a 1 year parts & labor warranty.

By backing BONJOUR on this page, you will benefit from Kickstarter policy regarding perks cancelation and refund policy:

https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/backer+questions

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If you’ve read through these FAQs and still have questions, you can contact us at bonjour@holi.io and we’ll try to respond as fast as possible!