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Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by melagonster »

aaldrick wrote: post #232

I see a lot of discussion about SRS, and I think most can agree they have improved. What I would like to see covered is a more vague area, but almost more important: It’s the space in between reading/understanding something and the SRS. There are almost no standalone tools dedicated to creating flashcards easily from existing programs (web browser, PDF readers etc.) into popular SRS (Anki, Mochi etc.). They should wo…

Ah, I did not notice that. But I think you are finding the incremental reading function of Supermemo.

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by codethief »

KPGv2 wrote: post #409
jkmcf wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The INBOX idea would be a great improvement! That plus a reminder to process your INBOX after N time or size. The hardest part of any system is making it a habit.

Isn't there a Netflix and browser tool where it'll grab subtitles for shows you're watching and create flashcards or something?

Including audio and everything? Woa, that would be fantastic for language learning!

EDIT: This comment further down mentions asbplayer. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44023159

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by codethief »

uselesswords wrote: post #420
pessimizer wrote: post #326

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Actually, every point was right and the data model is terrible. I've been using it for years. The other commenter just mentioned a list of things that the software does do and basically said "isn't that good enough for you" a bunch of times. No, it's not. Anki's concepts of flashcards, and how it stores and manipulates them, are horrible. It's hard to do many, many things in Anki that should be trivial, impossible to…

That’s because the default model is designed for the general user. If you sat down and really worked with the documentation, you would realize you shouldn’t be using decks or collections for management you should be using tags. Decks and collections are a different abstraction for different purposes. I’m in medical school which has basically mastered Anki. The AnKing deck, used by over a million medical students, has…

35,000+ cards? Wow.

Out of curiosity: How does the individual student select the cards they want to study? Using existing tags or their own custom tags I suppose? If they create custom tags, how do they keep their local version of the deck in sync with upstream?

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by KPGv2 »

pjc50 wrote: post #488
KPGv2 wrote: post #407

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I do this with my kids' "exam review" materials. I'll take a photo of the pages marked "study this for test" and send to Gemini and say "make a test out of this" and it'll create an exam with questions, answers, multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, etc. It's really impressive. So I just tried it to do what you were asking: > Give me the first three paragraphs of Genji Monogatari in Japanese (I've only done…

How many errors were there in the final result?

zero

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by collyw »

kazinator wrote: post #185

systemS? There is only one program out there that is viable: AnkiDroid. Anki runs on desktop: you have to be chained to a desk rather than taking advantage of idle moments when you are on-the-go. Even if you have it on a laptop, you still need a place to sit; SRS on mobile can be used anywhere, like standing-room-only public transit. The AnkiMobile companion app for iOS is a paid app that is somehow chained to the de…

Anki works well in my opinion, but the initial setup isn't at all intuitive.

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by collyw »

adangit wrote: post #357

I’m solo-building a free Anki alternative using the Ruby FSRS gem: http://cadence.cards/welcome Would love any feedback—I’m aiming for a more focused, restful take on what I like most about Anki. Styling is done with Tailwind.

The benefit of Anki for me has been the decks that I have downloaded more than the app (I have downloaded 3 or 4 for learning Spainsh and some are a lot better thought out than others). If you are going to gain any traction I would suggest trying to convert some popular Anki decks to your app.Otherwise it will be like the Ubuntu phone I bought a few years ago. Nice product, but next to no content / apps, making it a lot less useful than it could have been.

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by fivestones »

jaredklewis wrote: post #512
fivestones wrote: post #509

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@jaredklewis I’d love to know if you have a way to fix the pain points amluto described. I’ve had some of the same struggles with this, in particular when making a deck that I wanted my kids to each be able to use individually, but also be able to keep updating. It seemed like a lot of work every time I wanted to make any change to the deck. This was a few years ago and I don’t remember the details, but it’d be great…

I just replied to the parent, but maybe checkout https://www.ankicollab.com/ Never used it, as I've only ever used anki for self study, but it seems like it might be good for your use case?

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by uselesswords »

codethief wrote: post #523
uselesswords wrote: post #420

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s because the default model is designed for the general user. If you sat down and really worked with the documentation, you would realize you shouldn’t be using decks or collections for management you should be using tags. Decks and collections are a different abstraction for different purposes. I’m in medical school which has basically mastered Anki. The AnKing deck, used by over a million medical students, has…

35,000+ cards? Wow. Out of curiosity: How does the individual student select the cards they want to study? Using existing tags or their own custom tags I suppose? If they create custom tags, how do they keep their local version of the deck in sync with upstream?

The deck used to just be shared on reddit & such. But for all your questions, there is now a central "upstream" entity called AnkiHub that organizes and maintains updates to cards, syncs, etc. It's a $5/month subscription, but a lot of my friends just subscribe for a month each year to get the updates then unsubscribe.

All cards start suspended by default, and you unsuspend cards usually by tag. For example, lets say you watched a a popular third-party exam prep video from Boards & Beyond on Insulin. You would find the corresponding video has its own tag "tag:#AK\_Step1\_v12::#B&B::08\_Endocrinology::03\_Pancreas::03\_Insulin" which you would unsuspend all the cards for. That's the basic flow, but everyone does things a little differently.

Some people don't watch videos just do review questions from UWorld which are also tagged. Some people manage cards using a mix of tags and decks. Some people search and manually unsuspend cards individually. Some schools cross-tag cards with their lecture. Personally, I use an AI search to unsuspend cards by cross-referencing against a PDF of lecture for the day.

Custom tags can be protected when syncing from upstream: https://community.ankihub.net/t/protecting-fields-and-tags/1...

Re: Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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Post by codethief »

uselesswords wrote: post #529
codethief wrote: post #523

Earlier quoted context omitted.

35,000+ cards? Wow. Out of curiosity: How does the individual student select the cards they want to study? Using existing tags or their own custom tags I suppose? If they create custom tags, how do they keep their local version of the deck in sync with upstream?

The deck used to just be shared on reddit & such. But for all your questions, there is now a central "upstream" entity called AnkiHub that organizes and maintains updates to cards, syncs, etc. It's a $5/month subscription, but a lot of my friends just subscribe for a month each year to get the updates then unsubscribe. All cards start suspended by default, and you unsuspend cards usually by tag. For example, lets say…

Thanks, very insightful!
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