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Re: Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards

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Hi HN, Meet Zorbi - a spaced-repetition tool built for exam study. Zorbi helps you create flashcards straight from PDFs and Websites or from our Notion integration. Creating flashcards with Zorbi is crazy fast and crazy easy. Zorbi is a web-app so you'll be able to study from any device (but we have an Android app & an iOS app coming soon!) Our mission is to build a full-featured exam study tool that people ACTUALLY…

Hey, what is the pricing?

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In my experience (I have over 10k flashcards in Anki and SuperMemo) it takes a lot of time to create the cards (vs. repeating/learning them). But the main reason is because I have to take time to think about and understand the content first, reformulate it in my own words (otherwise it won't stick well!), and cut it into bite-sized cards. What helped me most were articles "teaching" how to do this, or generally the e…

As you hinted at I think there are still cases where mass automated card creation is useful. I’ve had success doing this for Chinese characters - I ordered them by frequency and then made them into cards using the AnkiConnect API addon, then I feed in 5-10 new cards per day. There isn’t much creativity required in creating the cards since all the characters have definitions in Unihan.

Re: Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards

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This looks like a really nicely put together resource, congrats!

I would be likely to sign up if I knew there was an option to export to a more established free flashcard engine (e.g. Anki), or at least to csv, say, for no other reasons than peace of mind and flexibility. I see in your FAQ that that is on the cards (hah!) so I will keep my eye on it and I think you will definitely get more buy-in when that is a working feature.

Excellent work and best wishes going forward!

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Awesome product!! Anki is old and outdated, and it's long overdue for a replacement. Congrats on the launch!

Anki is free software - this is far from being a replacement.

Also anki3 is the replacement. Its rather modern and python base is well written and documented.

Re: Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards

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What does this do that Anki doesn't? I really don't get the thought process if releasing a product that competes versus free software and does _less_

The feature checklist is only a part why people use a product.

I didn't try Zorbi yet but I tried Anki a few times and I simply hate its interface. Yes, it has all the features but it is far too clunky and bothersome to use for me. Zorbi in contrast looks like it has a easy, beautiful UI that I can actually use with joy.

Re: Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards

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What does this do that Anki doesn't? I really don't get the thought process if releasing a product that competes versus free software and does _less_

The feature checklist is only a part why people use a product. I didn't try Zorbi yet but I tried Anki a few times and I simply hate its interface. Yes, it has all the features but it is far too clunky and bothersome to use for me. Zorbi in contrast looks like it has a easy, beautiful UI that I can actually use with joy.

Mochi[0] is another option in this space that might be interesting to you.

[0] https://mochi.cards/

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