Learning
Flashcards with spaced repetition and a language trainer built from your own texts
You learn what you pick yourself: terms for work, words for a holiday or phrases from a song. A card you know returns in weeks, and one you struggle with returns today.
14 features in 3 areas
1 How you learn
Spaced repetition
After every correct answer the gap between repetitions grows, so you spend your time on the cards you do not know yet.
Four-step rating
Rate your answer as Again, Hard, Good or Easy, and each button shows in how many days the card comes back.
Daily limit of new cards
For each deck you set how many new cards a day you can handle, so the learning does not swamp you.
Keyboard control
Space reveals the answer, keys 1 to 4 rate it and the S key reads the card out loud.
Progress overview
You see how many cards are due today, how many are new, how many you have in total and how many you have learned.
2 Languages
Recognise and say
One word makes two cards, because understanding a word and being able to say it are two different skills.
Fill in the blank
When you add an example sentence to a word, you also get a card where you fill the word into the sentence.
Pronunciation out loud
Your browser reads the card in a voice of the foreign language, so you know the word from more than its written form.
Nine languages
You can learn English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Russian.
A guide to learning a language
The module has five short tips and a guide that helps you set up your first topic in a few minutes.
3 Your own content
Cards from your own text
Paste the lyrics of a song, an article or subtitles, the app splits it into lines and you tick what you want to learn and add the translation.
A source on the card
Note which song or film a word comes from, and the source shows under the answer.
Decks for anything
Besides languages you create decks for school terms, abbreviations at work or anything you need to remember.
Editing without losing progress
When you fix a typo in a card the repetition schedule does not change, and what you learned stays learned.
Frequently asked questions
▸ How is this different from Anki or Duolingo?
Repetition works on a principle similar to Anki, but without the setup. Unlike ready-made courses you learn content you put in yourself, such as phrases from a song.
▸ Does the module have ready-made word sets?
It does not. A guide helps you set up your own topic and you make cards from a text that interests you, which takes a few minutes.
▸ Can I paste in song lyrics?
Yes, through the From text feature. The text stays in your account only and is never published, so paste only what you are allowed to use.
▸ How much time a day does it take?
It depends on the limit you set. A language course defaults to 15 new cards a day, and a short review every day works better than a long one once a week.
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