[Austria] How can I electrify & automate blinds with a spinny-stick mechanism?

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We will be moving soon and the flat we are moving into has window blinds on the outside that are controlled by this kind of a spinny-stick sort of mechanism:

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I have no idea what they are called and I have no idea how to electrify (and of course, automate) them. Does anyone have any experience with these? Ideally, I would like something that won't cost a stupid amount of money and something that will allow a manual override (my SO might not like the system if it ONLY has smart-controls).

EDIT: Ideally I would like something that I can buy within the EU. Shipping and Import costs for electronics from non-EU areas are horrendous and I'd just rather not...

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This should do you for that. It's zigbee no no worries on region..

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That ships from the US. The customs duty on that will be horrendous. Any idea if there are any EU-alternatives?

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Not that I'm aware of...

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Guess I'm SOL then.

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forget the customs, it's almost 180 USD to automate a single blind !! I turn the stick myself and stuff money in my pocket.

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I didn't realize how much they went up. When I bought mine it was $109. I only got one though. I usually use iblinds v3's

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Those have an EU store at least. Still crazy expensive considering I'm going to need at least four. But I just noticed that they are for corded blinds so those won't work in my case anyway. Guess I'll keep looking.