I use Anki a lot and thanks for these, this is great oh yeah for improvement I think you can add shortcut keyboard so I don't need to hover around my mouse or bigger accessible button outside card area
Sure that's a great idea
Show HN: Ricotta – Language Learning to Replace Anki
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#62How are you generating the decks? There are some incorrect translations, at least for for the version of Spanish I learned. Maybe there’s a dialect that says “ser usado” instead of “acostumbrarse” for “be used to”?
I've noticed this myself with Spanish, Italian and French. Such as the word for "bill" in the word card vs the example cards. Its something I plan to refine in my next release. Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, I noticed later that the example sentences used the correct translation. Presumably that's because it's easier for translation software to differentiate among the various meanings of "used" when it's in the context of a sentence.
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#63Is this opensource and compatible with existing anki decks?
> Is this opensource My first gen is open source https://github.com/Amber-Williams/language-flashcard-app-gpt... if you'd like to repurpose it This one has a fair amount of security and wrappers around the latest update I plan to repurpose for profit so unfortunately this project is not. Though I'm happy to share how its built if you have questions. > compatible with existing anki decks? No its not currently. How wou…
Ah, nah.
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#64I tried a little Japanese (the second language I know best). Not sure where the content comes from but the translations were wrong, the vocabulary was strange, and otherwise the cards did not work out for me. Seems like they were auto generated via AI or google translate or something, in any case they were not accurate or natural sounding. Maybe other languages are better but I wouldn't know enough to tell. Anki is o…
Can i get your feedback on https://thehardway.app ? I tried the best I can to test specially Japanese and Chinese without speaking those languages myself. the app uses real human content (audio and text) for the most part, so hopefully it comes natural enough. there is still some AI though
wow, this looks nice. I will download it this week to give it a go. At a first glance this looks like notion for learning languages.
I have been using Babbel, and while it's nice to have mini lesson to take each day... they offer no option to write out notes, or to look at the grammar and get some context, no extra examples and flashcard system is just awful.
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I've noticed this myself with Spanish, Italian and French. Such as the word for "bill" in the word card vs the example cards. Its something I plan to refine in my next release. Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, I noticed later that the example sentences used the correct translation. Presumably that's because it's easier for translation software to differentiate among the various meanings of "used" when it's in the context of a sentence.
I think you're right. I'll add a final step to validate all the text based output to circumvent this.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can i get your feedback on https://thehardway.app ? I tried the best I can to test specially Japanese and Chinese without speaking those languages myself. the app uses real human content (audio and text) for the most part, so hopefully it comes natural enough. there is still some AI though
wow, this looks nice. I will download it this week to give it a go. At a first glance this looks like notion for learning languages. I have been using Babbel, and while it's nice to have mini lesson to take each day... they offer no option to write out notes, or to look at the grammar and get some context, no extra examples and flashcard system is just awful.
thank you very much, will be happy to hear what you think!
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#67Anki can be used to memorize anything. It is not specifically for learning languages.
Agreed. Anki is awesome! I just was spending too much time creating Anki cards and created this for my self. Some friends saw how I was using the first gen ( https://github.com/Amber-Williams/language-flashcard-app-gpt... ) and wanted it as well. So I made it into an app and researched a far around learning that I hope to pin down an app others can use too. here's a great article on the power of spaced repetition any…
Importing data into Anki is mostly easy. It takes a delimiter separate format, semicolon by default. I prepared most of my larger decks just with some text processing followed by a CSV import. Cards with images just have HTML image tag references to file names. You generate the cards a CSV with the right HTML referencing the file names. Then make sure the files are located in the right directory.
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At first glance this is well designed and something I would use. I'll have a play after work and let you know
thanks, i'd appreciate if you let me know what you think , this is still very beta
Okay I had a closer look now. Tbh I don't download anything that isn't a major brand product or open-source. I'm guessing the amount of work you put into this you're planning to monetize the app right? If so my first point of feedback would be to support either a web app or mobile app.
I really enjoy the concept behind the app focusing on subjects rather than structured lessons. I enjoy going on learning rabbit holes so this would fit me better than structured lessons.
Lastly a video or demo of the app would help as the UI is quite complex. It's not clear how I would go from importing a web page to using the cards for example.
Feel free to ping me if you have updates - happy to help support another indie dev!
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#69I tried a little Japanese (the second language I know best). Not sure where the content comes from but the translations were wrong, the vocabulary was strange, and otherwise the cards did not work out for me. Seems like they were auto generated via AI or google translate or something, in any case they were not accurate or natural sounding. Maybe other languages are better but I wouldn't know enough to tell. Anki is o…
If you have iOS/macOS, I've made a native app for mining Japanese web/ebook content into Anki (or Manabi Flashcards which is getting FSRS soon too): https://reader.manabi.io I'm currently working on adding first-class Mokuro integration for manga mode, bilingual user-provided or Whisper-generated captions for video, an HDMI-input mode with realtime lookups, and local/BYOK AI features. And once I add Yomichan dictiona…
I would download this if you had a latin language spin off
Re: Show HN: Ricotta – Language Learning to Replace Anki
#70Creating Anki decks takes time, how does Ricotta speed up the process? Does it have built in decks? If I'm learning Hindi, why should I switch? Will it really have great Hindi pronunciation? Is my data being used for anything? Congrats on the launch. The website and the product seem really slick and you should be proud. The above questions are my honest reaction to seeing your site.
It supports Hindi! I haven't had any feedback from a Hindi native nor learner. If there's any feedback you can give, even if its to say the app is shit I would appreciate your take. I have a test account and demo video I'm working on. I'll shoot it over later this week when I have one or the other so you can check it out without commitment or data concerns. Thanks for the feedback!
Hey William, I guess I didn't get exactly what it was from the homepage. I signed up and the service is awesome. I like how you can pick a word and get sentences made for you, that is really nice and does improve over the Anki experience. My only immediate feedback is that it would be nice to click on a single word and hear it instead of the whole sentence. Very well done.
However, I am concerned that it is free. Am I the product?