What flashcards software do you use? I was using Mnemosyne, but have also heard about one called Anki.
Edit, 2013: I now use Anki.
Are there any other good ones out there?
I’m using good old white paper. No computer/iphone or whatever technology when it is time to train! 
I also use a pair of earplugs! :bigsmile:
I prefer paper too, but I’m trying to reinforce my images by repeatedly viewing pictures of them. I also need to finish my Ben System images… something like this:
Anki’s really good! You can throw anything on those flashcards
I make custom programs with Mathmatica (on company hours :D) that test me.
Flashcard Deluxe on iOS is pretty fantastic, just sent an email to the developer and it seems like he doesn’t have time to move that to other systems.
It seems like it has everything Anki has but no furigana support.
I like it because I can temporarily group sides together on one side. I.e. normally I’d have 5 sides and click through five times, sometimes I want to focus on side 4, so I put sides 1-3 & 5 on a side, and 4 on the reverse, now I have two clicks until I revert back.
You can change cards to show a random side, you can to timed/schedules spaced repetition and do leitner, or ordered, or random order.
Also uploading and downloading to google docs is pretty nice.
Also its under $5 (in Canada) vs Anki’s $25 (Australian?)
I like Mnemosyne too, although I haven’t yet got around to attaching images or sounds.
I just install AnkiDroid on my HTC Salsa Android phone. It is great!
I have used the Windows version previously but the issue was making the time
to review the decks. I have had this phone for less than a week and looking for
software to install.
Anki decks can be prepared on Windows (or Mac) then the files (with .anki suffix and associated media) copied via USB connection (my preferred method) or synchronising with the Ankiweb.
I am now revising the following three decks:
- Dominic Numbers (00 to 99) - I have included images as well as the name of the person
- My animal peg word list
- Substitute words for common male and female names - about 300 in total
As I review the decks I sometimes edit the content, tweaking my image word.
I will report back in a couple of weeks with my progress.
Charles
For my anatomy classes, I use Flashcard Generator. My professor gives us his lectures in powerpoint and with this program I can make flashcards from his slides with a single click.
To study I simply flip trough the cards with Powerpoint 2007.
I use memrise.com for their algorithms and because you can upload cards and turn them into multiple choice questions.
I use flashcardsexchange.com because it has a great built-in base of users and because it is so easy to upload and manage cards. I put my PAO images in there for testing and it worked out well. It also has a spaced repetition function.
Note: It’s flashcardexchange.com There’s no sex change involved.
Did you write the program?
do any of the software you mentioned test you like anzan does with math? i would like to be able to input my deck of cards/mnemonic images and speed test them. i use anki currently but i do not know if this option is available as i am new to its interface. thanks for any and all replies and merry memorizing =D
There is a free, online software which is quite good: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/.
Check it out guys.
Is there anyway to get mnemosyne files from the computer onto the ipad? or do any good flashcards programs have this function?
Anki syncs between devices. They charge money for the iOS app, but it’s probably worth it.
I haven’t used Mnemosyne in a long time and don’t know the current features, but maybe you could export the cards on one device and then email them to yourself and open them on the iPad.
@ mrfap, this is probably what you are talking about when you say “tests you like with math”
One thing that’s really good about quizlet.com is the games they have on there. I have over 100 flashcards sets with a minimum of 50 items each, up to 200 (not all for mnemonics!) and I never use the flashcard software. There is a game called “space race” that forces you to type out the other side of a flashcard while showing you one side, and this must be done at increasing speeds. That’s the one thing that makes quizlet so much more useful than other flash card programs (just like how spaced repitition makes Anki great) Spending 3 10 minute sessions on 100 flashcards on different days trains you to have to visualize the image quickly, which regular flashcards do not do, so it not only drills them home, but makes their come to mind very quickly every time you see them. You would have to pay for an account In order to use pictures, but I don’t think it’s very expensive, (maybe $10 or $15 per year) and would be worth it of you didn’t already have Anki, though space race wouldn’t be helpful with pictures…but space race is free.
I spent countless hours making flashcards before downloading Josh’s Ben Worksheet. Now I just fill out the sheet with definitions, abbreviations, and card combos, and make two card sets for SS, one with definition → abbreviation and one with card combos → abbreviation, and import them directly. Doing these flashcards backward, where you have to type out the single syllable when you see the picture or word, turns the syllables into vocabulary, so when you read a syllable off a card, it doesn’t just remind you of the word, it becomes the name of that image, so no other subvocalization becomes necessary.
You should import from your sheet and give space race s try Josh. You might really like it. If the images are totally new, I first do “learn” which makes you type them out and then replays the ones you missed until you get them all. Speed-reading and visualizing the list, which takes 1/3 the time of flashcards because there is no flipping them over which I started doing after seeing it in Ben’s thread. Not dismissing Anki here at all, just saying that doing things that are different than flashcards, as well as flashcards, attacks the problem from different angles and speeds up the learning.
Thanks… I’ll check it out. 
Hi,
When you use the search option you don’t have to pay for the images. The only disadvantage is that the pictures are from flickr and that you can’t use your own ones.
What are the important features to look for in a flashcard service?
There are quite a few spaced repetition learning sites, flashcards sites, etc out there and they all are a little different.
Some require a software download, some you buy pre-made study decks, some are supported, some aren’t any longer. And there is a wide array of pricing for analogous services, which seems strange.
In talking to Seattle area programmers and computer geeks, I hear from them they use Anki and Mnemosyne fairly frequently.
Most people I’ve talked to say that all the services have their complexities. Is there a service that is super easy (think secondary education and non-native English speakers using the service) to use that is web based?
If I were you I would use Anki as the gold standard to compete against.
There are lots of reasons for this:
Anki is available on all platforms. I use it on Windows and Android.
There is a web server to upload your decks to. This means that the decks and scores I get while using it on windows can be transferred to Android.
I can create lists of cards in a spreadsheet and transfer it to Anki. This makes editing a long list of cards a breeze.
etc., etc.