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Reviewing
The card shown has been reviewed a number of times before, so the next time to
see the card is 6 months to 3 1/2 years!
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Editing Cards
Complex searches are possible.
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Adding CardsAdding new words or phrases to remember is designed to be
as streamlined as possible. Buttons and shortcuts let you add sound, pictures,
equations and markup to text. For Japanese learners, hiragana will automatically
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Online Synchronization and Mobile Access Anki allows you to keep
your deck synchronized between multiple computers. Changes are sent as
differences to your existing deck, so keeping your deck synchronized is fast
and efficient even if you have a slow internet connection. No more having to
email your deck or put it on a USB stick every time you want to study at both
work and home!
Anki also lets you review from any web-capable device, so you can study
without installing Anki if you have access to a web browser. There are two
mobile phone interfaces (one for new phones, one for older phones) that allow
you to study anywhere with reception - while you're waiting for the bus, in
the 5 minutes before your next class, or for the adventurous, in the bath!
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Inline EditingYou can edit the current card inline, too. |
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Statistics and Graphs
Anki provides a number of graphs related to your deck: cards due by date in a
per-day and cumulative graph, interval distribution of cards, cards added a
day, cards answered a day, and ease distribution over new, young and mature
cards.
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Equation SupportLaTeX integration means support for markup of complex
equations in cards.
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Multimedia SupportSound and graphics are also supported.
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Display Preferences
Anki allows you to customize fonts and colours depending on the type of text,
rather than the position. This lets you display kanji in an easy to read font
while keeping English text at a manageable size.
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ImportingAnki supports importing text files, Mnemosyne files, and of
course other Anki files. You can automatically generate forward and reverse
reviews based on a single question/answer pair.
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Models
The card system in Anki is very flexible. Starting from a pre-made template,
you can customize the number of fields, the fields to display in each card,
and the way they should be displayed. Each card can be 'spaced' away from
other cards, so that when quizzing "question to answer" and "answer to
question", the two sides don't appear soon after each other.
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Customizable Scheduling
The scheduler supports 'very high', 'high', 'low' and 'suspended' priorities,
in addition to random or in-order new card presentation, adjustable delays on
mistakes, and more.
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Plugins
Anki has a flexible plugin system, allowing you to change and extend Anki when
it doesn't do something you want it to. The screenshot on the left shows
Anki's lookup feature calling an external dictionary. More plugins can be
found here
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Statistics
In addition to the graphs mentioned above, statistics on the current card,
daily progress and life of the deck progress are available.
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Kanji ReportAnki can analyze your deck and generate a report on which of the standard
kanji for daily use (jouyou kanji) you know. This can be quite motivating, as
it's often very hard to tell if you're making any progress in a language.
Anki gives you hard numbers to reassure you that you are making progress.
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Missing Kanji
Along with the kanji report is a list of kanji you have yet to study. Clicking
on a kanji will open edict to display the meaning of the kanji and allow you
to view words and examples. This makes it easy to find the gaps in your kanji
knowledge and plug them.
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Integrated Dictionary Lookups
Accessible from the tools menu are menu options to look up the question,
answer, or a selected part of text in either ALC or edict. This makes it easy
to double check the meaning or nuance of a phrase as you're reviewing it.
Edict's kanji lookup is also integrated, so you have stroke order diagrams at
your fingertips.
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