- 👋 Hi, I’m @Barthcbb
- 👀 I’m interested in Language Learning, Fiction, and Film.
- I'm an English philology student.
- I'm not a programmer.
I managed to build a MacOS Shortcut that does the same things below, maybe even better. It was definitely easier to build. You can find it here: Add shortcut
I wrote these scripts because I couldn't find an Anki add-on that did ALL of the following:
- define a batch of words automatically
- collect their multiple meanings and examples separately (one word meaning & its example, one flashcard)
- collect their pronunciation
- format the resulting list so as to be compatible with the Anki import feature
- I meet more new words than I have time to create new flashcards carefully
- I prefer having a dictionary entry based card than none because I lacked the time and energy
- I wanted to create flashcards that respected the minimum information principle & respected honomyms.
- I needed one separate card for each meaning and its usage example.
There are several improvements that I can only dream of, but don't have the skills or the time to apply. If you want to contribute, feel free. Some interesting things would be:
- making it an actual add-on
- pulling from Kindle’s vocab.db
- pulling other relevant metadata attached to the meaning (such as register ‘formal/informal’, and context ‘medical/historical/scientific’)
- unifying the script to pull from both the EN-US and EN-GB corpus
- make it into an app/web app (I would happily purchase something like that)
That's it folks.
Honestly, I want to believe that you only need what I had:
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- Whatever package it asks you to install
- An Oxford API Account and credentials Application ID & Application Keys
- A considerable amount of patience to make up for any skill you lack, or information I left unclear because I don't even know how I pulled this off.