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I know I gave jpdb a try a while ago and found that while the dataset is incredible (and like others I'd pay just for it) but the built in tool doesn't work the

I know I gave jpdb a try a while ago and found that while the dataset is incredible (and like others I'd pay just for it) but the built in tool doesn't work the way I need. I have always had the most success with Anki and Wanikani when it comes to Japanese. Trying to add in yet another paradigm for learning is frustrating. I appreciate you've put a lot of effort into helping people move from those tools, but I don't want to. The single biggest reason is offline access. Anki works on my phone on an airplane or in an area with no mobile service. (In Australia there are lots of those). I only started using WK seriously when I discovered the Android apps that let me do my reviews offline. If you had a Patreon tier that allowed for Anki exports of your lists I'd sign up in a heartbeat even if it only allowed 1 download per month of something similar. I mean lets be honest what possible valid need could I have for downloading the whole data set in one go... Compared to the time it would take me to use Subs2srs across a season of a show I'd rather just give my money to you.

kouteiheika 5y ago
Well, there's nothing wrong with using Anki if it works for you! I know that a lot of folks need offline access and/or other features which Anki provides which I don't have, and that's totally fine. I always ask this not because I necessarily want to convert people to use my thing, but because I always love to hear what features people need and what I can improve. In case of offline access it is something that's technically on my tentative roadmap, but very far off into the future, so indeed for anyone who needs that Anki's the better choice. > allowed for Anki exports That's something that I'm planning to add very soon actually! Well, maybe not exactly Anki exports (I haven't yet researched as to what that would entail), but just generic functionality to be able to export the built-in decks as a .csv (which I'll be happy to tweak/improve to make it easier to import).

kouteiheika 5y ago

Well, there's nothing wrong with using Anki if it works for you! I know that a lot of folks need offline access and/or other features which Anki provides which I don't have, and that's totally fine. I always ask this not because I necessarily want to convert people to use my thing, but because I always love to hear what features people need and what I can improve. In case of offline access it is something that's technically on my tentative roadmap, but very far off into the future, so indeed for anyone who needs that Anki's the better choice. > allowed for Anki exports That's something that I'm planning to add very soon actually! Well, maybe not exactly Anki exports (I haven't yet researched as to what that would entail), but just generic functionality to be able to export the built-in decks as a .csv (which I'll be happy to tweak/improve to make it easier to import).