I'm trying to get the most seamless/quickest way to get words from something I'm reading online into Anki as vocabulary to be reviewed later. This is how I have it set up so far:
-Dual monitor setup. My right monitor has the Anki input screen and a dictionary always open. Left is devoted to whatever I am reading.
-When I see a word I don't know, I copy the sentence, paste into Anki, look up the word, paste the definition into anki, and then I'm done.
The whole process doesn't take more than a minute, but it interrupts the flow of reading. I've tried downloading a hi-lighter extension for firefox, but it seems like I'm also wasting time having to re-read and re-look up every word as I go through the article again.
Any thoughts on getting new words into Anki in a more seamless/unobtrusive manner?
ghinzdra
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From: japan
Registered: 2008-01-07
Posts: 499
what about guessing from context and highlighting the whole sentence ?
if you re able to guess then there s no point in looking up in the first place (at least when it involves stopping the reading flow.Of course even if you figure out it doesn t mean you get the subtleties)
if you aren t then no big deal. It s no like that you understanding is gonna collapse just because you re weak on a couple of sentences (with a few exceptions OK....) .
In both case you can come back later and ONLY THEN check it up .
This way it spares you a double check up and the selection .
you can also combine that with a time/space limit : 1 page , 10 minutes ,
once you reach it , you stop reading and you get back at all the sentences you highlighted for the SRS process. As the memory is still fresh you still a good idea of the background and you have the efficiency of the batching process(automation of the repetitive task -that is the SRS- , guilt free leisure -that is reading).
Last edited by ghinzdra (2009 October 07, 6:21 am)
Sebastian
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Registered: 2008-09-09
Posts: 582
If you want speed and don't mind using Edict, then you can turn Rikaichan into a "SRS feeding machine".
When Rikaichan's pop-ups are showing you can hit "C" to copy its contents into the clipboard, or "S" to save them to a plain text file. Then you can import that file right into Anki.
If you want to make the process even smoother, place a shortcut to the text file somewhere handy, like the quick access bar. Whenever you need to add vocabulary to Anki, just use Rikaichan, import the file and then empty it (so you don't end up importing the same words once and again).
If you want to make the process of copy-pasting from Firefox smoother, you can use an autocopy extension for Firefox.
For looking up kanji and words for which you don't know the pronunciation, I recommend you Wakan
Also, you can use Prism to convert web dictionaries into desltop (online) applications.
