Anki and a possible flash card data structure for us
Ian
flash card information as "facts" that you arbitrarily link together
into "cards" like so:
"""
Anki stores data differently compared to other flashcard programs.
Within Anki, data is held in two forms: "facts" and "cards". Facts are
like database entries and can have an arbitrary number of fields. For
example, for learning a language, a fact may have the following fields
and example entries:
* Field 1: Expression in target language – "gâteau"
* Field 2: Pronunciation – [sound file with the word "gâteau"
pronounced]
* Field 3: Meaning in your own language – "cake"
This example illustrates a three-sided flashcard, but Anki's model is
more general, allowing any number of fields, combined in various cards.
"""
It occurs to me that this sounds a lot like what we've talked about for
implementing flash card support in ductus. What if we started treating
each sentence+picture+(eventually)audio combination inside of our
picture choice lessons as an Anki card? The data structure seems very
similar to what we would want and the benefits of compatibility would be
great (large existing community of users, desktop and mobile phone
clients built to sync locally or online, spaced repetition algorithm,
python+gplv3 already)
-Ian