Hi @hln98!
Thanks for giving our Alexa skill a try!
Alexa’s speech recognition isn’t always the best. When I was building the skill, I also noticed that it’s a lot better once you’re inside the skill (“Alexa open Rachio)”. We have a support article, http://support.rachio.com/article/483-how-do-i-use-alexa, that outlines what the skill is looking for. After it re-prompts asking for the zone and how long to run for, have you tried saying “run zone 1 for 2 minutes” instead of “zone 1 for 2 minutes”? It’s fairly particular about using all of the words for the input commands. I think there is more that we can so on our side to make the experience a little smoother and that’s on my todo list when I get some free time. I’d welcome any other feedback you have!
-Tristan