IceCream
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just for fun, an idea from the yomichan thread 
mine would be... a program which would load videos with japanese subs alongside it, and lets you watch, but then you can click on the line to go to a specific line. If you need to time or retime the subs slightly, or even just transcribe the line, you could do it there and then. Then you could click one single button to import that line to anki with snapshot and audio, with options to import whatever card layout you wanted, including context lines.
The program would also have some kind of popup dictionary functionality built in, or be online.
Even better if the program could run parallel text & audio for reading too, and you chop where you wanted, like a line, or a smaller bit, or just a word. In the word case, it would instantly pull the correct sound from JDIC and add it to your card.
In a really ideal world, it would work off a database of japanese dvds, which all have japanese subs. Complete with a "like" & review feature to share your favourite media with other koohii users, and smart way to work out difficulty level and i+1 ness to suggest the next i+1 sentence from everything in the database, or the next media to try by overall difficulty level. It would also give you a percentage rating of how much of another piece of media you're likely to understand based on what you've already studied.
ooh, and some kind of grammar analyser, where you can pull up multiple examples of a particular part of grammar for comparison, and then grab the ones you like easily for your anki deck. Complete with a perfect grammar explanation, of course...
oh, and a collocation analyser too, so you could see if what you're adding is a common collocation too.

what would your ideal software be?
Last edited by IceCream (2011 June 11, 12:34 pm)
Add a vocab word and let's you choose from community approved example sentence cards with Readings thoroughly checked and any suggested changes are listed on the cards so if a reading is wrong the community would know to check it. Has an (N+1) factor shown so you can decide if you'd rather just wait til later to add.
Can Make suggestions based on what Kanji you already know. For example, Has a list of N+0 N+1 N+2 etc. sentences handy so that you can browse through and add as you wish. Recalculates N+X value upon opening Deck. Leeched cards don't count towards goal as they need to be relearned.
Low maintenance as in it makes the Kanji Database and readings that I know of those Kanji by itself so I don't need to learn how to do it myself. Can work across all decks in Anki with an option to deselect certain decks (heisig)
The Sentence cards make it clear where the source of the sentences came from. ( Death Note Episode 4, NHK, All about Particles, Genki Chapter 1)
Highlights tested Vocab words in a Color, Highlights grammar in another color, Options for particles but not as a default setting.
Set Goals:
Readings for "These" Kanji. Heisig JLPT whatever.
Pretty much I just want adding to be a mindless process but adaptable if I add Cards from say a drama or book I'm reading.
There's probably more I want but I need to get back to my reviews.
Boy.pockets
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From: Japan
Registered: 2010-07-31
Posts: 122
Weeeeee. Interesting post.
My ultimate learning software/environment would have this plug-in for Anki. The description is in the thread, but in summary; it tries to find the next "best" sentence for you to learn. "Best" is the next easiest; with fewest new words in it.
Lots more to consider, but that is a plug-in everyone should be using _now_.
Edit:
I did not read NoSleepTilFluent's post. He mentions n+1: that is what the plug-in is all about. Though it is still early stages - so not all automated yet, but pretty awesome.
Last edited by Boy.pockets (2011 June 13, 8:54 am)