These criticisms are all of text-only flashcards, not of spaced repetition itself. It is a common mistake to conflate the two, but it's perfectly easy to have v

These criticisms are all of text-only flashcards, not of spaced repetition itself. It is a common mistake to conflate the two, but it's perfectly easy to have videos, images, and audio on your flashcards in Anki. Spaced repetition is a fundamental learning method that is attuned to how the brain works. It's not really tied to a specific method like flashcards. Rather, flashcards are merely the most logical and easy implementation of spaced repetition.