Feature REQ: Converting physical note cards

[Adam]

I think an app like this would be great to convert a physical deck to Anki.

1.  Put your phone face down on a stack of books.

2.  Slide a note card under it and push a button to take a picture.

3.  Flip it over and do the same.

The app would then be able to automatically turn every two pictures into a card.

 

1.  The process is almost identical to using the flash cards, so it's something you already do.

2.  The time saved from retyping and clicking would add up for each card so you're essentially converting a deck to Anki without any work.

3.  This would be useful to people who have have lots of physical decks and want to start using Anki.

4.  The decks can be created while using them during something like a study group where people might bring physical decks and want them back.

 

[Nicolas Raoul]

Hi Adam,

You can already create Anki notes using your phone's camera.

Have you tried it?

Cheers!

Nicolas Raoul

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[ospalh]

I think your process would result in a deck that is much too large and rather ugly (bad lighting, noisy camera, cards out of focus, rotated cards &c. &c.)
 
What i'd do depends on what the cards look like. For hand written cards, i'd type them in as new cards. Some work, but you can do it over time, at the rate you learn new cards.¹

If the cards are printed (or contain hand-drawn images), if possible, i’d use a scanner rather than the phone camera.

And i recommend doing some processing of the images, from the scanner or from a camera. My personal favorite for that is ScanTailor.

When the cards are just printed text i'd do  OCR on them, save as CSV (using LibreOffice Calc or similar) and import into Anki.  Again more work, but the finished deck would be much nicer. Or just type the text in. Again, you should have some time to do it.


¹That cards you add to Anki/AnkiDroid, by whatever means, are treated as new cards even if they are in a "review seldom" box for a physical card collection was a much bigger problem for me then retyping the cards when i made the switch from paper to Anki.

[ospalh]

Also, the media importer add-on for desktop Anki is basically half of what you requested. It goes through a folder of images and makes cards from them. You would have to either find somebody to change it so it puts images on the front and the back or change it yourself.