Hi everyone. I was wondering if this was a feasible idea.

I find that while the stories are immensely helpful, for some of my Kanji I am not retaining the story well. I mean, I get the Kanji right, but I don't really remember the story well so it takes me a second or two.

I was thinking... I'm an extremely audio-attuned person. I'm a musician and I retain what I hear much better than what I read.

I was thinking maybe (using my crappy microphone) that I would record each story and let it play after I show the card, so it kind of gets ingrained in my mind.

The obvious downside to this is that I was worried it might hamper my 'keyword -> kanji' ability because I'm 'forced' to hear the audio instead of just reading it if I need it.

Is this a bad or good idea?

I need to make up my mind soon because I'm already at 200 Kanji and to be honest it's gonna be a pain to go back and record all of those.

I'm an audio-attuned person as well. I can tell you... it's not worth the extra effort. There are some kanji you will remember instantly, some you will remember after a few tries, and some where you will battle -- to the bitter end. The time taken to make the card, record the audio, and listen to the audio will increase your review time substantially. In this same amount of time you could have reviewed the card (or drilled if necessary) several times over.

Unless you find a quick method of creating audio and an even quicker way of replaying it, the times just stacks up.

I speak from experience. So, I'm not against it as long as it is efficient.... though it's usually not.

Thanks for the input. I'll skip that then, your logic is sound.