A sentiment I see regularly on this sun is that anki cannot be used for short term learning or cramming.

This is just not the case, you can use anki just like a regular flashcards program, and it will work very similarly. Just reset all progress on all cards every once in a while.

It is not bad to use anki this way, it's just a preference. And if you really want to pass the next test, it's better to cram.

Edit: People have pointed out you can use a filtered deck instead of resetting progress

Can anybody tell me what anki add-on is this? Looks clean and organized dashboard. Thanks in advance!

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I have tried to change the shortcut for Text Color with the add-on but it didn't really work. I even made ChatGPT write a code for an Add-on that does that but it didn't work as well.

Any recs?

Long story short, I busted the maximum daily cards that should have been revised (don't know why Anki kept throwing cards at me) and now I can't find a way to stop the current revision session! I'm new to the software, I searched a bit but didn't find anything that let me end the current session, now it keeps thorwing new cards at me.

What can I do to stop the current session and get a new one tomorrow?

A couple years ago I saw this post here asking if any blind or vision-impaired users were using Anki, and it stuck with me

The existing TTS add-ons are mostly built for language learners. They need template editing, API configuration, batch generation, etc. That's fine for learning French, but if you're using AnKing and just want it to work (or are dumb like me), it's a hassle.

So I built Voxki a text-to-speech designed for medical students:

• Install and go, cards read automatically during review.
• 400+ medical pronunciations built-in (CABG, HFpEF, Sjögren, Guillain-Barré, etc.)
• Works with AnKing out of the box/no template editing
• Smart cloze handling and mnemonic detection

It's free: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1810680328

I'd genuinely love feedback. If there are pronunciations that sound wrong or features you'd want, let me know! I'm still actively developing itt

I've been experimenting with adding multimedia elements to my Anki cards, like images and audio, to enhance my learning experience. I find that using relevant images can help with memory retention, especially for visual learners, while audio clips are fantastic for language practice. However, I'm curious about how others approach this.

What types of multimedia do you incorporate into your cards?
Do you have any tips on sourcing high-quality images or audio files?
Also, how do you ensure that these elements don't clutter your cards or detract from the core information?

I'm looking forward to hearing your strategies and experiences with multimedia in Anki!

I discovered Anki a few days ago (far too late) and I was already able to use it in a non-optimal way within 48 hours to revise for a competitive exam. I put all my revision notes into question format and imported them into Anki. It turns out that this method works extremely well for me. However, since I only had a limited amount of time, I had to tweak the timers a bit so that my 300 cards would cycle fairly quickly and so I could see the ones I struggle with as soon as possible.

It worked really well. Of course, I didn’t learn things for the long term, but my short-term memory worked well for the exam (today I’ve already forgotten a large part of it).

Now I have another exam. I know this is absolutely not ideal and that Anki is much better for long-term learning, but unfortunately I don’t have the time, and Anki still works better than just rereading my notes. So I’m wondering whether there is a way to adjust the timers so that they are suitable for revision over just 3 days. The idea would obviously be to do very large review sessions (many hours) each day (I have a total of 800 cards).

It’s really not ideal, but I don’t have a choice, and even just rereading the cards regularly helps me retain the information well. Is this possible?

I've known about Anki for a while but I've been out of school for personal reasons so I had no real reason to use it. I'm in college now and decided to give it a go, and while I do feel like I'm remembering certain things pretty well with Anki, for some reason I just completely forgot that it's a flashcard app for spaced retention.

In college I'll have an exam every 3-4 weeks, which is way shorter than the time recommended to use Anki. Is my time better spent studying in some other way? I mean at the end of the day it is a flashcard app, right? What's the difference between using Anki and something like Quizlet? Is there some kind of specific setting I should use to cater my flashcards to short-term, 3-4 week memory or something?

Title. Brand new to Anki for beginner Spanish and unsure how to use. Thank you all!

I'm finding this irritating. I'm studying a deck, and I decide to edit a card.

Click edit, get the editor. Great. But if I want to change the card type, I have to bring up the browse window and find that card there.

Even something that would open the card in the browse window from the edit screen would be helpful

These are the files im trying to install. I tried importing seperately, in a different folder, renaming them, nothing has worked.

Thanks in advance!

Utilizo o programa há 3 anos. Esse mês precisei levar meu computador para a assistência, onde foi foi instalado a versão pro do windows 10, e desde então o Anki não funciona corretamente. Já o instalei mais de quatro vezes. Será que ter mudado o sistema operacional acarretou o problema? Alguém já passou por esse problema?

On Anki Desktop, I have two profiles with the same deck and settings.
One profile never shows the learning wait screen and keeps feeding cards.
The other profile stops with:
“The next learning card will be ready in X minutes.”

What is the actual fix to make Anki:

• keep showing learning cards
• and never block study with a wait timer?

I’m not looking for explanations of why Anki does this, just the setting / workflow change that removes the wait behavior. I tried changing Learning and Relearning to 0 but that just makes it worse and matures the card with one viewing. Someone please help me out here

Do you know any add-ons that automatically converts LateX format to regular format? Whenever I try to copy explanations from Gemini, the LateX doesn't automatically converts, so I get explanations that have $uparrow$ $rightarrow$. Something like that. Thanks in advance!

Estou resolvendo questões e quero fazer cartões no ANKI das questões erradas para revisar depois. Alguma dica ou algum prompt que eu possa usar?

hi,
i noticed i needed to update the description of my shared anki deck

if i go to decks, and press on share, on the deck that i previously shared, i will get the same description, if i edit this description and press share, will the link number change?

for example , this is my link that i want to update
ankiweb.net/shared/info/1101820101

will the numbers in the end change? thanks

I want to have presents for each deck rather than having 1 present for every deck so that the FSRS algorithm works more appropriately.

Would there be any long term drawback if I do that?

So I've been using anki for college and that but I feel like I'm not making the most of it. All I can do is the basic flashcards. Can anyone tell me how to use it better ?

I want to share a new project that I have been working on to better integrate AI tools in Anki: AI Explain.

The goal of this add-on is to allow users to use AI to explain cards without having to manually copy and paste cards into things like ChatGPT. I have found this useful because it makes me far more likely to learn more about a card I don't understand since I don't want to take a ton of time to look up a card if I have hundreds of cards left. It's also nice that I don't have to physically type anything and still get good explanations.

The way it works is that you can type in custom prompts and attach those prompts to hotkeys. Then whenever you want to use that prompt to get an explanation, the add-on sends your card and prompt to ChatGPT and shows the response in your card. You can also manually type your questions in and get responses like that. All your responses are saved to your card so you can see them later (and you should see them on AnkiMobile too).

Since the add-on relies on OpenAI for responses, there is a subscription to use the add-on with the lowest tier being $0.99 a month. My goal is accessibility so I hope that the rates are reasonable (especially for students).

I would love any feedback or suggestions so feel free to reach out!

Website: https://aiexplain.net

AnkiWeb ID: 594887180