Questions tagged [anki]
Anki is a flashcard application that uses spaced-repetition algorithms to decrease studying time and increase memory fidelity.
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Anki android app : Best setup for Spaced Repetition learning
I am new to the Android app for Anki to use for spaced repetition. I have a bunch of cards categorized in sub-decks. To take advantage of the spaced repetition technique, how many times a day should ...
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Anki collection stats is showing reviews from years before I started
When I look at my collection stats, it's showing some reviews from years before I started anki which should be impossible. How can I search for the card causing these phantom reviews and delete them?
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Is it possible to filter an RTK Kanji Anki deck to only include Kanji from a vocab deck?
Is this an appropriate place to ask about setting up Anki? I have used RTK (Remembering the Kanji) in the past, and it was helpful for kanji recall using the little mnemonics, but I wasn't really ...
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Does the usefulness of Anki vary between languages?
This question is motivated by this Reddit comment where the author has had success learning Spanish via Anki: I've been using Anki for about a year (the time it took me to reach C1 in Spanish from ...
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How does Anki vocabulary relate to reading vocabulary?
Sometimes I see people online say they have an e.g. 15000-word vocabulary on Anki. It sounds impressive, but it's not clear to me that such a student can utilize that vocabulary for actual reading. ...
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Where can I learn by example how to create custom flashcards using random numbers and persistence
Anki version: 2.1.49 on Windows / Linux / Android I'm following a guide on how to create persistent, random numbers using Anki. The guide is here I can't get it work because the author doesn't tell ...
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Anki: How can I mark the cards that I already know in an imported deck?
I'm trying out Anki for myself and I have imported various deck about non-Latin writings systems, some of which I have at least already partly learnt. When importing an external card deck, Anki will ...
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Card template problem in Anki, with missing field, but the field isn't missing
I have an error on one of my old cards due to the newest update. The preview is telling me "there is no field named..." I do have that field actually. But for whatever reason, I'm still ...
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How to set a card's state as learning?
I have an Anki deck, called ASL-Browser, which I downloaded from the Anki shared decks. I have the deck options set so that it doesn't show any new cards; instead, when I learn new words, I go into ...
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How can I best create a second (variant) Anki deck from an existing deck
I have a set of language learning cards, English on the front, French on the back. I'd like to create (as deck that can be independently studied and shared) a set of cards that are almost, but not ...
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How does Anki structure when to show new words? Ex. it seems to often show words that are related in certain ways
I have been using Anki for learning a language. The deck i'm using seems to often present new words that are "thematically" related together ex. monitor, keyboard, desktop,printer. However, ...
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How do I mark an Anki card wrong if I accidentally marked it right?
My keyboard is old and it caused me to accidentally mark an Anki card right when I actually got it wrong. I don't want to "forget" the card; I just want to change today's result to "...
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Does not appear all the cards in the deck
I export a deck (without schedule) with 45 cards and then I delete it from Anki. However, if I import it again there are only 20 new cards. I can find all the 45 in the browser though. The funny thing ...
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Strange, unpredictable behaviour of unsuspended cards in AnkiDroid
Could you explain me the following strange and unpredictable behaviour of unsuspended cards in AnkiDroid? For a very long time I didn't block my "leeches", because I considered it annoying. ...
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Anki: How to get a single deck to show me the back of cards first. Reverse all cards in only one deck
I want to take a deck that is already made, and simply have it show me the back of the card first. Basically reverse every card in the deck. If I go to make the basic card type into a reverse card ...
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