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Today's lecture, reviewed tonight. Upload the slides. Get Cloze, Basic and image occlusion cards, each with the slide it came from.
.pptx or a PDF of the slides · up to 15 pages free, 100 on Pro · up to 100 MB
Free to start · Quote and source on every card
How it works
- Upload the slides.pptx, or the slides as a PDF.
- Check the cardsEach one shows its slide.
- DownloadOne .apkg that opens in Anki.
From a real file to Anki cards
The file
slide 14What AnkiDecks made
Basic
Can a person with inactive TB spread TB germs to others?
No, a person with inactive TB cannot spread TB germs to others.
Cannot spread TB germs to othersslide 14
Quote found in the source
Made for lecture slides
Speaker notes read too
What the lecturer wrote under each slide is read with it, so the extra detail ends up in your cards.
Diagrams become image occlusion
Labeled pictures on slides become image occlusion cards: labels hidden, one asked at a time.
Slide number on every card
Each card shows the line and slide it came from, so you can find it in the lecture again.
Cloze for lists and numbers
Lists, criteria and cut-offs become cloze cards, one blank at a time.
More cards from this example
- Basicslide 4
TB is caused by which bacteria?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
TB is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Clozeslide 15
Progression from inactive TB to TB disease is most common within the first two yearsc1 of infection.
it is most common within the first two years of infection
- Basicslide 15
How effective is inactive TB treatment in preventing TB disease?
90% effective.
Inactive TB treatment is 90% effective in preventing the development of TB disease
- Make cards from your own file
Why not just ChatGPT?
ChatGPT and typing cards yourself both work. Here's what AnkiDecks adds.
Free to start. Pro when you study every day.
Free is enough to try it on a few lectures. Pro covers one or two classes every week, Max every class.
Pro
For one or two classes$7.99/ month
or $54.99 a year (5 months free)
- 50 decks a month
- Up to 100 pages per file
- 300 image occlusion diagrams a month
- Your decks are made first when it's busy
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Questions
Is it free?
Yes. Free makes 3 decks a month from files up to 15 pages. Pro ($7.99 a month) makes 50 decks a month from files up to 100 pages. Downloading to Anki is never paywalled.
Does it read speaker notes?
Yes. Speaker notes are read together with each slide's text.
What about Google Slides or Keynote?
Export them first. Google Slides: File → Download → Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF. Keynote: File → Export To → PowerPoint or PDF.
My file is an old .ppt
Open it in PowerPoint and choose Save As → .pptx, or save it as a PDF, then upload that.
Do labels on diagrams work?
Yes, when the diagram is a picture on the slide. Switch on image occlusion and each labeled diagram gets boxes over its labels (at most 12, main structures first). You can change the boxes before you download. If the labels are separate text boxes on top of the picture, upload the slides as a PDF so they're seen together.
Can't I just use ChatGPT?
You can: paste the text, ask for cards, then copy them into Anki. Our free ChatGPT prompt tool writes a good prompt for that. What it won't do is check each card against your file or make image occlusion cards. AnkiDecks keeps a card only if its quote is really in your file, and gives you a deck that opens in Anki straight away. Using Claude? Add AnkiDecks to Claude and make decks right in the chat.
Does it work on AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid?
Yes. You download a normal .apkg deck. It opens in Anki on a computer, AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid, with no add-ons. Image occlusion cards need Anki 23.10 or newer.
What happens to my slides?
Uploaded files are deleted after 30 days. Your cards stay until you delete them, and you can delete your account and everything in it any time.
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