AI flashcards
AI flashcards from your lectures, slides and PDFs
Audiken writes flashcards from what your course actually covered, shows where each one came from, and schedules them so you see a card again just before you would forget it. Some people call them cue cards. Either way, these ones test you.
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A flashcard maker that has been to your lectures
- Decks for the whole course in one press, organised by topic
- A deck on anything you ask for: “chapter 6 formulas”, “everything from week 4”
- Every card names its source: the file and page, or the lecture and time
- Spaced repetition built in, with nothing to configure
- Shows what you have never flipped, so nothing hides
- Edit any card, and export to Anki when you want
How it works
Add your files and record your lectures
Slides, PDFs, readings and transcripts in a space are all material for cards.
Build your decks
Ask for the whole course, or describe the deck you want. Audiken plans the decks, then writes the cards with their sources.
Study a little each day
Rate each card as you go. Cards you know move to longer gaps; cards you miss come back today.
Cards that make you think
A card that asks “what is X?” and answers with a sentence copied from a slide teaches you to recognise that sentence. Audiken writes several kinds of card: definitions, yes, but also why something works, how to do a calculation, when a rule applies, and what would change if a number did. Those are the questions an exam asks.
Spaced repetition without the setup
Reviewing just before you forget is the most reliable way to make something stick, and it is tedious to schedule by hand. Audiken does it for you with five boxes. A card you get right moves up a box and comes back after a longer gap: one day, then three, seven, sixteen and thirty-five. A card you miss goes back to the first box and returns today. You only ever see what is due.
Fewer wrong cards
The usual problem with AI flashcards made from a recording is that they copy the recording’s mistakes. Audiken’s cards are written from the reviewed transcript, after misheard terms have been corrected against your course files. And because each card shows its source, a card that looks wrong takes ten seconds to check.
Already use Anki?
Keep using it. Export any deck, or all of them, as a file that Anki’s import reads, with the question, the answer and the topic as a tag. For more on writing cards that work, see how to make flashcards that work.
Questions about flashcards
Can it make flashcards from a PDF?
Yes. PDFs, PowerPoint slides, Word documents, text files and lecture transcripts in a space can all be used. Add the file to the space and build your decks.
What is the difference between flashcards and cue cards?
Nothing but the name. “Cue cards” is common in Canada and the UK; “flashcards” is more common elsewhere. Both mean a question on one side and the answer on the other.
How does the Anki export work?
Audiken saves a text file that Anki’s Import command reads directly, with one card per line and the topic as a tag. Your cards and their review history stay in Audiken as well.
Can I change a card?
Yes. Edit the question or the answer of any card, or delete it.
How many cards will it make?
As many as the material needs. A full course usually produces several decks. You can ask for more cards in any deck, and it will add ones that are not already there.
Goes well with
Practice tests and study guides
Practice in your exam’s format, a cheat sheet, a study schedule, and a tutor that asks first.
Read moreTranscription
A live transcript that listens for your own names and terms, then gets checked against your files.
Read moreChat with your files
Ask anything across your files and everything that was said, and get answers that name their source.
Read moreMake the cards once. Remember them for the exam.
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Accounts are opening a few at a time. No card needed, and one email when yours is ready.