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What I really want are automated emails interspersed during the workday with my overdue Anki cards. It should be one click straight from the email to answer the

by _1tem 2y ago

What I really want are automated emails interspersed during the workday with my overdue Anki cards. It should be one click straight from the email to answer the quiz card, and appropriately rescheduled to my inbox in case of a memory miss. Spaced repetition quizzing is essential to memorizing anything, and Anki is really the most popular app in the world for that purpose. I already spend all my time in the inbox and find it hard to ignore an email. Inbox zero habits would kick in and ensure that I do at least some memorization every day. A single Anki card in my inbox is far less daunting than the entire deck staring at me when I open the app. Unfortunately Anki doesn't have a proper API and isn't easy to reverse engineer. I tried to build something using a scraper that logs in to the Anki web app, but it turned out to be very janky, and couldn't identify overdue cards. Somebody with better desktop app/python skills could probably do it locally, but I gave up.

JW_00000 2y ago
What I do is put the Anki widget quite front-and-center on my phone. Whenever I absentmindedly unlock my phone, the red squircle containing a positive number activates my monkey brain and I want to get it to 0.
david_allison 2y ago
> Unfortunately Anki doesn't have a proper API and isn't easy to reverse engineer Tried any of the below? AnkiConnect (HTTP API): https://git.foosoft.net/alex/anki-connect https://git.foosoft.net/alex/anki-connect Rust: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/rslib https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/rslib via Protobuf: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/proto/anki https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/proto/anki Rough DB Schema (outdated, but sufficient): https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Structure https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Stru...
- rsanek 2y ago
  AnkiConnect is decent but still relies on an actual Anki desktop application to be running.
tr97 2y ago
I agree that spaced repetition is essential and Anki is just the main player. I think the ideal product would combine: a flashcard app like anki, automated emails you can reply to, audio nudges and more ...
Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 2y ago
Using the anki connect addon you could do all this in under an hour fyi

by _1tem 2y ago

JW_00000 2y ago

What I do is put the Anki widget quite front-and-center on my phone. Whenever I absentmindedly unlock my phone, the red squircle containing a positive number activates my monkey brain and I want to get it to 0.

david_allison 2y ago

> Unfortunately Anki doesn't have a proper API and isn't easy to reverse engineer Tried any of the below? AnkiConnect (HTTP API): https://git.foosoft.net/alex/anki-connect https://git.foosoft.net/alex/anki-connect Rust: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/rslib https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/rslib via Protobuf: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/proto/anki https://github.com/ankitects/anki/tree/main/proto/anki Rough DB Schema (outdated, but sufficient): https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Structure https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Stru...

rsanek 2y ago
AnkiConnect is decent but still relies on an actual Anki desktop application to be running.

tr97 2y ago

I agree that spaced repetition is essential and Anki is just the main player. I think the ideal product would combine: a flashcard app like anki, automated emails you can reply to, audio nudges and more ...

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 2y ago

Using the anki connect addon you could do all this in under an hour fyi