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| 2_Journey Newbie United States Joined 5025 days ago 32 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 1 of 9 14 March 2011 at 7:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi everyone!
I'm thinking of buying myself an ipod touch and am wondering which flashcard programs people have had the most success with. I'd like the ability to organize cards into different decks, organize decks by language, and add my own cards/decks rather than have pre-made decks that come with the software. I'd also love to be able to color-code words (nouns = pink, verbs = blue, etc) but I'm betting this feature is a long shot. Apologies if this has already been asked. I tried searching without much success. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5419 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 2 of 9 14 March 2011 at 7:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd recommend Flashcards Deluxe, very cheap and easy to use and I like the fact that you
can record sounds to it directly with the microphone of your iPod touch. Here is some info about it. The only problem you might find is colour coding which can be done but you need to input html code which is not exactly fast! I find it a great app, especially for the price. Anki is probably the best overall though but costs much more. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 2_Journey Newbie United States Joined 5025 days ago 32 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 3 of 9 14 March 2011 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks! I'd heard of Anki but had not heard of Flashcards Deluxe. I'll look into both of them, though I definitely prefer the price of Flashcards Deluxe.
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| indiana83 Groupie United States ipracticecanto.wordp Joined 5491 days ago 92 posts - 121 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Italian | Message 4 of 9 15 March 2011 at 8:03am | IP Logged | ||
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You can try Anki for free on the desktop/laptop first. It also handles color coding, and allows for multiple decks.
I would recommend creating the flashcards on a real computer and importing them into Anki there, since creating cards directly on the ipod touch is slow. Then use Anki's synchronization to upload the deck changes to the web, and download them again with the ipod touch. This also allows you to do reviews on both your ipod and your laptop and keep the two copies of the deck in sync. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kiyoko Newbie United States Joined 5021 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Studies: Japanese, Esperanto | Message 5 of 9 15 March 2011 at 1:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Do you spend most of your day with access to a wifi hotspot? Anki offers a free mobile
service, from which you can access any deck you've made from anything with an internet connection. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 2_Journey Newbie United States Joined 5025 days ago 32 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 6 of 9 15 March 2011 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks! I've just downloaded Anki for my desktop to give it a try. The color coding is what will really sell me on the program. If I end up liking it for the desktop, I'll definitely buy it for the ipod touch, despite the high price tag.
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| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5419 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 7 of 9 15 March 2011 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | ||
The desktop version is fantastic, I use it daily, but haven't got round to getting it for the iPod yet. The iPod version doesn't have all the features of the desktop one but most. If you are looking for a program with a very good SRS, Anki is definitely best, but if you like to make numbers of smaller decks which you can flick through at your leisure as you would with paper flashcards, Flashcards Deluxe might be for you and it has the benefit of linking up with Quizlet.com so you can download a large number of decks from there. Edited by jazzboy.bebop on 15 March 2011 at 3:14pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5670 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 8 of 9 15 March 2011 at 4:49pm | IP Logged | ||
As somebody mentioned above, the iPod/iPad version differs from the desktop version. More specifically, it is a complete rewrite. The result is that, as much as I benefit from using ANKI on my iPad, there are important features on the desktop version that are completely missing. The most striking of these is that there is no card browser, wherein you can see summaries of many cards at the same time, and search through them. I rely on this feature quite heavily on the desktop, and it has limited my use on the iPad. So, do be careful when evaluating the ANKI on the desktop, and check that the features that most interest you are also present on the version for the iPod/iPad. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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