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Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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753 points domenicd | 1 comments | 18 May 25 11:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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aaldrick ◴[18 May 25 16:25 UTC] No.44022472[source]▶
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 work almost as OS additions to make everything feel native and frictionless; I don’t need another standalone tool that does X Y and Z, I just need some sort of pipe into an SRS that is Mac friendly and does the job whilst not being in the way.

If someone knows of such a tool, I would love to hear about it.

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1. AlchemistCamp ◴[18 May 25 23:17 UTC] No.44025027[source]▶
If you're speaking in the context of language learning, there definitely are some great tools for "mining" audio cards from YT/Netflix and also for getting text from the subtitle tracks. Some are open source, free and easy once you get used to working with them (much like Anki itself). They're not frictionless for first-time users, though. Others are paid and a bit more newbie-friendly.