Option to type answer (15 work units)
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Anonymous commented
One way of implementing could be to ignore all punctuation marks, or have an option 'strict typing' should the user want this. Personally, I would be very happy just to have the former.
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Uschi Walter commented
For me spaced repetition in combination with cloze deletion is the ultimate language learning tool. I've used Mnemosyne for years, but only a while ago noticed how much better retention and reproduction is when I have to type the answer.
So I switched from Mnemosyne to Clozemaster. I like Clozemaster a lot, but it has only sentences from Tatoeba and is a bit too repetive. I would love to go back to Mnemosyne, use my own cloze sentences and type in the answer instead of just memorizing. -
Anonymous commented
I also would like this option. Being able to write a language can be very important, and it easily could be built in a way, that one can choose between just turning around the card manually, and typing the answer and pressing <Enter> (as some other people suggested before).
This would also solve the problem of "how should the software react, if I write two translations on the card?": Cards with two translations, I could then just skip.
Or, extended version:
Two additional fields for each card: text check foreign word / text check meaning. These are only considered if filled; if they are not filled, the content of the fields "Foreign word or phrase" / "Meaning" is considered. One could even easily add the option to write multiple alternatives, by using the pipe symbol as separator.Sure, I have well understood that Mnemosyne is made for remembering things. But in addition to the arguments mentioned before, for languages which do not have the ASCII set, it takes me a long time to remember the visual representation of a word (I am not well in visualizing, so visualizing character by character takes some time), while my fingers can quickly type the letters.
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Anonymous commented
I used a flash card program that had the option of either entering the answer or flipping the card over and answering if you got it right or wrong. I can't tell you how fast entering in the answer was as well as learning the correct spelling. Also, it has been shown that writing the answer as opposed to just reading the answer provides greater retention rates.
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Toni commented
I would use this feature. I always have a text editor open on the side to do this and I think it messes with my thinking time stats.
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Nick commented
The fact that this option isn't available is the only reason I use Anki rather than Mnemosyne. The objection that typing the answer misses the point or wastes time is silly; users who don't want to type the answer wouldn't have to do so. But for learning languages, I personally find it of the utmost importance to spell things out. Doing so on paper is inconvenient.
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lisa commented
Sorry to double post, but I realized that I unintentionally sounded rude in my last post. i just mean that since the user ultimately grades his or her own grasp of the material, there is no reason to have Mnemosyne tell you whether or not you know the material. You should have designed your cards well in the first place so that it is very clear if you are right or wrong. If the spelling of the answer is important to you, then obviously you should be able to spell it correctly, and if spelling is not important to you, then I don't see any reason why Mnemosyne should tell you whether or not you spelled it properly.
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lisa commented
No offense, this is kinda dumb. It defeats the whole purpose of the software, which is that the user decides how well they know the material. You shouldn't need the software to tell you if you are right or wrong, you should look at the card, think of the response, and then check the answer. If the answer is not exactly what you thought, or you spelled it incorrectly, then you were wrong. Plain and simple. And if you aren't so particular that you care about memorizing the spelling of words or phrases on your answer card, then why do you need the software to spell check your answer for you?
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Benjamin Barrett commented
The software could easily do a comparison and mark it as right or wrong, but then allow the user to grade as usual. Answers often have commas or slashes in them, or the user might make a silly typing error that the user doesn't want to count as a mistake.
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Vit commented
Some thoughts:
1.Scribbling the gist of the answer (if you can not remember it ?) on paper has advantages over typing:
a) it helps memorizing
b) a respite for the eyes
c) no Bugs possibility
d) don't need the SRS to compare answers - the Answer in the card supposed to be concise. -
George Wade commented
Useful: especially as it would / could be left to the Memoriser to grade the answer. Interesting that some 'Wrong answers' turn out to be a new insight from other perspectives.
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Gnome commented
I have another suggestion, sometimes you need to memorize a list. If mnemosyne could mach what you type with the points in the list it would be great.
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Gnome commented
it would be great if mnemosyne highlighted the incorrect characters
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The user would still be the one to pick a grade 0-5
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Scott Youngman commented
Would Mnemosyne grade a typo error as wrong? Or could the user override a less-than-perfect typed answer as "correct" anyway?
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There are many options, card type is one option, but it could be complemented by a certain tag as well.
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Gnome commented
I think a specific card type or something you specify for each card must be added for this to be convenient, because many (at least my) my cards contains sentences. How will this be implemented?
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Indeed
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Abakus commented
Do you mean, that the user can input an answer, which going to be veryfied by mnemosyne?