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Besides LineByLine (https://linebyline.app https://linebyline.app), does anyone have tips on memorizing long texts using spaced repetition?

mcshicks 2y ago
I guess it matters how long it is and if you need to know it exactly, and how long you need to retain it. I had to memorize 50 to 100 word phrases and I chained them together with index cards. The first sentence is the cue for the second, the second for the third, etc. Carried them around in my pocket in order and started from first a few times a day until I could do the whole thing. But I only needed to know it exactly for a few weeks usually.
rahimnathwani 2y ago
I don't how well it works in practice for long texts, but for song lyrics I've used this Anki plugin: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901 https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901 It takes a text, and creates a bunch of cloze deletion cards, each presenting you with a number of lines, and asking you to recall the next line.
- laurent_du 2y ago
  No offense but why don't you memorize the songs by singing them instead? I memorized hundreds of songs just by being a dad and singing to my kids every evening. Of all the things you'd want to remember, song lyrics look to me to be the easiest by far.
gavmor 2y ago
I've gotten tremendous mileage out of exporting book highlights to BufferApp.com and setting them to release only once per day or so. Shuffled, they pop up days, weeks, months after I've put down the book, re-igniting its themes as they spark discussion.
david_allison 2y ago
SuperMemo 19 (2024 - Desktop/Windows) has incremental reading support https://super-memory.com/help/read.htm https://super-memory.com/help/read.htm Disclaimer: AnkiDroid maintainer
- nilsherzig 2y ago
  Thank you so much for your work on Anki Droid, I use it daily
  - david_allison 2y ago
    Much appreciated, thank you! Still got a long way to go for me to be happy, but we make great progress every year https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankidroid-2024-roundup-2-20-1-changelog/53538 https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankidroid-2024-roundup-2-20-1-c...

mcshicks 2y ago

I guess it matters how long it is and if you need to know it exactly, and how long you need to retain it. I had to memorize 50 to 100 word phrases and I chained them together with index cards. The first sentence is the cue for the second, the second for the third, etc. Carried them around in my pocket in order and started from first a few times a day until I could do the whole thing. But I only needed to know it exactly for a few weeks usually.

rahimnathwani 2y ago

I don't how well it works in practice for long texts, but for song lyrics I've used this Anki plugin: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901 https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901 It takes a text, and creates a bunch of cloze deletion cards, each presenting you with a number of lines, and asking you to recall the next line.

laurent_du 2y ago
No offense but why don't you memorize the songs by singing them instead? I memorized hundreds of songs just by being a dad and singing to my kids every evening. Of all the things you'd want to remember, song lyrics look to me to be the easiest by far.

gavmor 2y ago

I've gotten tremendous mileage out of exporting book highlights to BufferApp.com and setting them to release only once per day or so. Shuffled, they pop up days, weeks, months after I've put down the book, re-igniting its themes as they spark discussion.

david_allison 2y ago

SuperMemo 19 (2024 - Desktop/Windows) has incremental reading support https://super-memory.com/help/read.htm https://super-memory.com/help/read.htm Disclaimer: AnkiDroid maintainer

nilsherzig 2y ago
Thank you so much for your work on Anki Droid, I use it daily
- david_allison 2y ago
  Much appreciated, thank you! Still got a long way to go for me to be happy, but we make great progress every year https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankidroid-2024-roundup-2-20-1-changelog/53538 https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankidroid-2024-roundup-2-20-1-c...