Extra: Anki
Various Anki Resources¶
This documentation is primarily focused on how to use this note, rather than Anki itself, so little will be written about the details of Anki here.
Instead, here is a small list of resources on setting up and using Anki itself:
- Cade's blog: Optimizing Anki for Language Learning
- Tatsumoto's blog: Setting up Anki
- Lazy Guide: Anki
- Showcases an example note type, addons used and tips
- Refold's Recommended Anki Setup
- FSRS4Anki
- Twenty Rules
- These are general rules for learning (with an SRS), written for SuperMemo. Some rules are not applicable for specifically language learning, but I believe the first 4 rules are very important.
- Awesome Anki
- "A curated list of awesome Anki add-ons, decks and resources."
Note that every website here has different recommendations. You will likely have to play with the settings and actually use Anki for an extended period of time to find the most optimal setup for yourself.
Other Anki Add-ons¶
If you're interested in copying my setup, I provide the list of addons I personally use here. I also provide a small list of other popular add-ons that I don't use, but may be useful for you.
List of Add-ons I use (click here)
Documented above (I use all required and optional addons for the note type):
Algorithm Changing:
Stats:
Usability:
- Adjust Sound Volume
- Used to normalize volume automatically (so adjusting the volume of recorded files is not necessary)
- Advanced Browser
- Used for sorting notes by frequency
- AJT Flexible Grading
- I use this to change Anki to pass/fail
- If you are using Anki dark mode, I recommend these colors (change in the config):
"again": "#ff8c74""good": "#9cff98"
- Paste Images As WebP
Other:
Useful Add-ons that I don't use (click here)
Minimalist Mode¶
Did you know that Anki comes with a theme that makes the display a lot simpler?
If you like this look, then it can be enabled by heading over to:
Tools→Preferences→Distractions→Minimalist mode