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Custom study "cards created in the last X days".

Hi! Like the title says, is there a way (or extension) to custom study cards created in the last X days?

I know there is a way to custom study NEW cards (never reviewed) and set the amount of days, but that does not work for cards I have already been through.

Thanks in advance!

2 Comments
2024/11/03
23:46 UTC

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what should my anki settings be for an exam that is one year away?

hey everyone i am new to anki and i am using the anking step deck, but i am concerned if i keep using it i won’t get time to manage my university exams

1 Comment
2024/11/03
22:48 UTC

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Five Stars app like workflow? Scan handwritten notes to flashcard

Five Stars has an app that can create flashcard from handwritten note quickly. The workflow is like this: you mark the line by filling in the triangle at the beginning of each line, then when you scan the page, the app would automatically cut this line out and create a flashcard with it.

The most attractive function here is the app would automaticcaly cut the photo. I'd like to do something similar like this with Anki but I don't know if any scanning app do that.

Any suggestions is appreciated.

0 Comments
2024/11/03
22:45 UTC

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Does FSRS Make You Do the Harder (Longer) Cards First?

Enabled FSRS a months and a half ago and I've just sort of noticed that I've been getting a lot more of the cards with more content or short answer cards in it at the beginning, as opposed to my MC Cards with less content. Prior to enabling FSRS I would get random cards, MC and Short Answer Problems. Is this something that's common with FSRS? Does the algorithm make you do the harder cards first?

4 Comments
2024/11/03
20:45 UTC

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Language learning: Native--Learning or Learning--Native ?

When learning vocabulary of a specific langauge, do most people learn from your native tongue to the language you're learning (e.g. the bottle --> la bouteille), or is it the other way around (e.g. la bouteille --> the bottle)? And which way is, according to you all, better suited for language learning? I'm interested in your answers. I learn French vocab by seeing the French word first, and the English translation after, and I've seen many people do it this way, too. Thanks in advance! This may be a common question people ask, in which case I apologize.

24 Comments
2024/11/03
16:43 UTC

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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE 625 WORDS ANKI FLASHCARDS

Hi all, does anyone have this ANKI deck they could share ? Portuguese 625 Words Anki Flashcards to Learn Portuguese Now – SPEAKADA

6 Comments
2024/11/03
14:05 UTC

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How to create double sided cards ?

I would like to create a pack of language cards from a class I'm following. I would like to input the translation from one language to another and have it create two cards, one from L1 to L2 and the other from L2 to L1.

I tried creating cards but it only creates them in one direction. When I go to the deck to study, it says "The front of this card is blank."

How can I fix this for my existing cards and how can I prevent this when creating new cards ?

3 Comments
2024/11/03
10:37 UTC

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How to select all notes with the same note type in a deck if I have several note types in the deck?

Hello Anki community,

I have a vocabulary deck consisting of two note types, Basic and Basic (and reversed card). I want all notes to only be Basic, and do not want to see the reverse card anymore. I know how to change the note type of one note. But not of all notes of a certain type if there is another note type in the deck. If I select all notes of a deck by clicking Strg + A, and want to change the note type, Anki tells me to only select one note type. For hundreds of cards it would amount to a lot of time if I did it manually for each card.

So, my question is: how do I only select all cards of one note type of a deck if it contains two note types?

Thank you in advance!

3 Comments
2024/11/03
09:46 UTC

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Help me Create a Double List

I am new so I Want some Clarification on this.

When I click "Ctrl + , " it creates a list but when I click it again it reverses it to the initial text format without a list. But here I have copied a text which contain a List on a list .
Is there any way to do it manually?

https://preview.redd.it/oh40kf5dnnyd1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d106e7353650162dfdab3c0cfd12c5bad987b35

8 Comments
2024/11/03
09:25 UTC

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Is there a way to do this?

If i have clinical scenario like "ask questions concerning the patient's sleep!" and up to 10 answers like:

  1. Day tiredness
  2. The feeling of never being rested
  3. Snoring
  4. Underlying diseases

... And so on.

Is there a way to create an Anki card with the question and when answering being able to type out the different answers to see if the guess is right? Without showing the entire card and not having to guess the correct order?

Thanks a lot!

3 Comments
2024/11/03
08:27 UTC

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Add flashcards to anki deck for En-En.

Hello guys, I use yomichan to add words to anki with just one click and now I was wondering if I could do that with english with any app or something to add words from cambridge dictyionary( I look up for word there) with little to no effort.

2 Comments
2024/11/03
07:42 UTC

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How to type French accents on Windows?

Hey, so I am using Anki and needed to type French accents but the usual [ctrl + alt + symbol + letter] does not work. I tried searching up a solution but there were only answers for people with apple computers. What do I do to type french accents?

5 Comments
2024/11/03
07:14 UTC

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Can't add card to Anki when using Yomitan on Android

https://preview.redd.it/pl4bebltymyd1.jpg?width=698&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bcf2f4aa063685879a9f8bb16ff37bcdc59bfa2

Hi, i was trying to add a word into my Anki when using Kiwi Browser (I use Lazy Guide's setup) when this happen. Anyone knows how to fix this? I'll put the full error message below

An error occurred:

Anki error: Couldn't get model IDjava.lang.Exception: Couldn't get model ID

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.ankidroid_api.ModelAPI.getModelID(ModelAPI.java:55)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.ankidroid_api.IntegratedAPI.addNote(IntegratedAPI.java:260)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.routing.AnkiAPIRouting.addNote(AnkiAPIRouting.java:204)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.routing.AnkiAPIRouting.findRoute(AnkiAPIRouting.java:66)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.routing.AnkiAPIRouting.findRouteHandleError(AnkiAPIRouting.java:106)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.routing.APIHandler.chooseAPI(APIHandler.java:33)

at com.kamwithk.ankiconnectandroid.routing.RouteHandler.get(RouteHandler.java:70)

at fi.iki.elonen.router.RouterNanoHTTPD$DefaultStreamHandler.post(RouterNanoHTTPD.java:100)

at fi.iki.elonen.router.RouterNanoHTTPD$UriResource.process(RouterNanoHTTPD.java:386)

at fi.iki.elonen.router.RouterNanoHTTPD$UriRouter.process(RouterNanoHTTPD.java:596)

at fi.iki.elonen.router.RouterNanoHTTPD.serve(RouterNanoHTTPD.java:671)

at fi.iki.elonen.NanoHTTPD$HTTPSession.execute(NanoHTTPD.java:945)

at fi.iki.elonen.NanoHTTPD$ClientHandler.run(NanoHTTPD.java:192)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

Log debug info to console

1 Comment
2024/11/03
07:07 UTC

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What should I do when I just can't remember/understand multiple cards.

I've been using anki for the past 2-3 weeks for language learning, and I've noticed over the past week the amount of words I have to review daily keeps increasing and increasing. I'm not remembering a large number of cards 50-60 each day, and I end up hitting the again button over and over again, often cycling through the deck multiple times. I don't know if I should stop after a certain point, or just tough it out and finish it all (so it's easier in the future). I'm trying to memorize kanji, and all the characters blur across the screen after a certain point and I just can't seem to remember anything, even if I've seen the card 30+ times that day. And because there are so many that I don't understand, it makes it harder for me to learn each character. For the past couple days, I've gone through until I've completed every single review, but by the time the next day comes around I've forgotten all of them. Sometimes the only reason I even remember a card is because I've clicked again so much it gives me the same card multiple times in a row.

What should I be doing differently, and how should I change my approach? Currently, I'm doing 10 new cards a day. Should I pause the new cards until I feel more confident with my current cards?

11 Comments
2024/11/03
05:16 UTC

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How to fix Image Occlusion Enchance sizing window?

Please help. My image occlusion tool is too zoomed where I cannot access the "add" button at the bottom of the screen. I cannot resize the window and I have tried deleting/redownloading the add-on and deleting the app itself to no avail.

The add button is at the bottom where I cannot reach

On multiple desktop view, that window is very zoomed out and I can see the \"add\" button at the bottom, I just can't physically scroll down to reach it

1 Comment
2024/11/03
05:10 UTC

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How can I break each points to show up one after another?

https://preview.redd.it/k986rb03flyd1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=69a34206b67301f4e82a592e4a22bd76f757a743

I'd like to see each point one after another after I click "Show". Could you pls tell me what settings I need to change?

2 Comments
2024/11/03
01:55 UTC

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Anking cards order

How can I have cards show in the right order using anking, for example I want all of the staph aureus cards to show after each other rather than have a staph card then a pseudomonas then clostridium, and a mixed order you get me? What options do I need?

6 Comments
2024/11/02
21:38 UTC

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Switched to FSRS 6 months ago. Should I reschedule cards after optimizing?

I have a deck that's around 2 years old with 5000 cards. About half of those cards have been added since 6 months ago when I switched to using FSRS. I just tried doing an optimize of the FSRS parameters today (RMSE went down), and I tested the 'Reschedule cards on change' option and about 5 times my normal reviews showed up. I have no problem with doing that backlog, but I am just wondering if there is any advantage of not doing the reschedule right away.

I also have a separate question on how FSRS works. When I did the reschedule cards, a bunch of old cards that haven't been touched by FSRS yet showed up in the reviews to do. When I looked at the info of those cards though, I noticed that the interval got decreased which makes me think reviews would come more frequently. Is the idea that FSRS shows some cards sooner than the other algorithm so that you don't forget it, and in turn have less reviews to do in the future?

13 Comments
2024/11/02
20:08 UTC

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Best Anki Deck for German Lessons with Persian-Speaking Afghan Refugees?

Hi everyone,

I'm a language tutor working with teenage refugees from Afghanistan who are learning German. I'm intrigued if anyone would have specific recommendations for a well-structured Anki deck to enhance their language acquisition.

I'm also thankful for any other tips to enhance their learning.

As a sidenote: They're also learning English, so any English deck recommendations would also be intriguing.

Thanks a lot!

1 Comment
2024/11/02
19:56 UTC

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Anki cards that were clicked away turned red the next day

Hello everyone,

I have a quick question: when I click away anki cards, they don't appear as green cards the next day (as they normally do), but as red ones and I have to click them away again before they appear again as green on the third day. I have no idea why; does anyone have an idea?

5 Comments
2024/11/02
17:06 UTC

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How and by how much is FSRS better than Anki's SM-2?

My second post about FSRS today. These come after years and years and years of using Anki. And a few weeks of seaching for information about FSRS on Reddit and elsewhere.

The benefit of FSRS over SM-2 is what?

Is there an explanation anywhere in layman's terms of how my experience using FSRS will be better versus my previous experience with SM-2?

1. Will I fail cards less often? That's to say, at the point when a card becomes due, will I be more likely to remember it with FSRS than with SM-2? If so, by what %?

2. Will I recall facts more often? That's to say, if I have a fact on an Anki card I at some random point in the real world I need to recall that fact, will I be more likely to be successful with FSRS than with SM-2? If so, by what %?

3. Will I spend less time on Anki? That's to say, if I tweaked the FSRS parameters so that I was getting the same level of recall/non-recall as with SM-2, would I spend less time on Anki? If so, by what %?

Only if any of (1) (2) or (3) are significant am I prepared to take the risk of continuing with FSRS right now (I've been using it for a couple of months with brand new decks).

------------

My concern is that: I have got SM-2 to work very well for me in the past, for two specific and quite different tasks: recalling the pronunciation and meaning of Chinese characters, and recalling the meaning of a Chinese words.

I already know about 5,000 Chinese words very well and have encountered and sometimes studied over the past 15 years a further 15,000. But at least half of those extra words I never learned well. And I have not used or studied Chinese for the past 5 years, meaning they all need to be put into a new Anki deck and studied as brand new cards.

My use of Anki, then, will be different from the majority of people whose history of reviews form the basis of the anyalsis that was used to produce FSRS. Hence my question 4:

4. Why does FSRS need other users' review histories? If I start a brand new deck, FSRS seems to claim it can learn how I learn, and I can optimise my parameters accordingly. So why are other people's histories relevant to its algorithm? Is that limited to the default parameters, with no broader relevance?

Or if there is still broader relevance, shouldn't I be concerned that my "optimised" parameters are significantly different from the default ones? Because that would imply that I am a wildly different type of user than the average. Vocabulary is surely a very different beast compared to, say, medical facts. Hence my final question:

5. Why should I trust a black-box system which is currently giving me peculiar intervals, rather than one I know inside-out and can modify for my own purposes? I know in my bones how Anki's SM-2 works so, for instance, have no problem extracting leechy cards and re-studying them outside Anki before resetting them and putting them into a new deck set up for 'tricky' cards.

I'm worried that I'd be really missing out if I reverted to Anki's SM-2. But in the course of writing this too-long query, I'm starting to persuade myself that FSRS is too big a risk for a non-typical Anki user such as myself. Thanks for reading down to here!

32 Comments
2024/11/02
16:49 UTC

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Does the term 'same day review' apply to an entire deck or is it on a card-by-card basis?

Question about FSRS. I heard people say that same-day reviews are meaningless under FSRS. But I'm confused on the term same day review. My daily routine in Anki is to review for 15 minutes in the morning, and I typically will not complete every deck in that time. There will still be some cards left to review. Then in the evening I finish the rest of the cards. Does this fall under same day review?

1 Comment
2024/11/02
16:45 UTC

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I wish there was a better way to share anki cards with the uninitiated!

I got 100s on all 3 quizzes this week (thanks Anki & contranki!) and I have a bunch of classmates asking for my flashcards but because a lot are older students, the anki desktop is too complicated for them. I wish I could share them in a browser format like with quizlet and Ankipro but it seems like shared decks on ankiweb arent for this purpose. i would definitely be willing to pay to have private ankiweb sharing as a feature! For now my only option is importing to ankipro ... and i feel dirty for using them lol

13 Comments
2024/11/02
16:24 UTC

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Translation in reviewer

is there any add-on or method that allows me to translate my cards while reviewing them?

1 Comment
2024/11/02
15:56 UTC

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I don't get which information I should ask about while making anki flashcards.

{{c1::Non-Competitive}} antagonist {{c2::reduces}} both {{c3::efficacy}} and {{c3::slope}} of the {{c4::agonist}} in dose response curve, but {{c3::potency}} is {{c2::not altered or decreased}}.

This is a card I made, I don't know if I should put all these cloze deletions or not. When I am making a card like this I think that all the information here could be asked on in the exam and therefore should all be in cloze deletions.

Is this way of thinking right or not? and then how should I think about which information I should put?

This is a card Anking made in his free mini-course that I don't understand too:

WWII involved {{c1::100}} million personnel from {{c1::30}} countries

I have a couple things that I don't understand here:
firstly, I don't get why he haven't made a cloze deletion on WWII and made a hint to indicate that it is a war. Like couldn't he ask on the exam which war had 100 million personnel for example?
Secondly, I don't get why he hasn't included the million part in the cloze deletion and made a hint saying number on it
Thirdly, and this might be excessive but I don't understand why he hasn't put countries and personnel in different cloze deletions

This is how I would've propably done it:

{{c4::WWII::War}} involved {{c1::100 million}} {{c2::personnel}} from {{c1::30}} {{c3::countries}}

Most of my cards would look a bit like this and now I feel like I am doing very bad cards and overloading anki with unnecessary cards so what should I do to make them better than this and make them have maximum efficiency without leaving parts that I could be asked on in the exam?

7 Comments
2024/11/02
14:42 UTC

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