iDoRecall enables you to create linked spaced-repetition flashcards called "recalls." When you practice memory retrieval, if you struggle with the answer, click to see the source at the exact, relevant location. YouTube, Coursera, or Udemy will open in a new browser tab at the linked time code if the source is a video. If it's a webpage, the page will open and scroll to the linked highlighted text or area of interest. You can also link to text and regions of interest in your .docx, .pptx, .pdf, .png, and .jpeg files. You can even link to your Kindle highlights, and clicking to see the source will open the Kindle desktop app to the location of the highlight in the book.
Currently, you can create a flashcard and paste a URL in the source field. When you practice the flashcard and "turn it over", if you struggled with the anwer, you can click the source URL and it will open in another browser tab.
We do have plans to release browser extensions that will enable you to create flashcards linked to areas of interest in web pages that you are viewing. We will save the URL and a PDF of the page in case the content subsequently changes.
No, it doesn't. Even when we add an EPUB reader in the coming months, it won't open DRM protected files. Unfortunately Amazon and Apple don't offer APIs for their ebook readers. The only solution is copy|paste or screengrabs... very suboptimal.
Thanks James,
You can export Anki Flashcards and import them into iDR as recalls. The catch for now is that only .txt format exports work for the time being. Also, in a few weeks we'll offer self-serve export of all of your recalls in a CSV file which then be uploaded into Anki or Quizlet.
iDoRecall cofounder and 67 y/o entrepreneur here. Today’s version of iDR is a total rewrite of our MVP. iDR began as a digital solution enabling the cognitive science strategies that I used to graduate #1 in my med school class back in the analog 70s [1]. iDR takes spaced-repetition flashcards beyond the bounds of well-known solutions. Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., creator of Coursera’s Learning How to Learn [2], uses iDR for her own lifelong learning. Recently she became our Chief Learning Science advisor.
Upload your learning content into iDR: PDFs, Word files, PowerPoints, images and many other file types. Add videos hosted on YouTube, Vimeo and other sites to your iDR library. Read, watch and listen to your content on iDR.
Create flashcards (we call them “recalls”) that are linked directly to the concepts, facts, formulae or whatever you want to remember in your learning materials.
When you practice memory retrieval with your recalls, if you struggle with the answer, you’re one click away from seeing the exact spot in your content where you created the recall so that you can quickly refresh your memory in the original context where you learned it. Stop wasting time rereading. Read once. Watch once. Listen once. Abstract and curate what you want to remember into recalls and use spaced-repetition memory retrieval to remember everything you learn. Rereading, highlighting and rereading highlight have been proven suboptimal tactics for remembering what you’ve learned [3].
Metacognition training wheels, Pomodoro timer and project management tools for learners included. Create study groups with classmates and collaborate sharing recalls and content. Teachers can create classes in the app.
We have reference docs on our self-hosted Notion [4] and helpful videos on our YouTube channel [5]. I write about learning on Medium and Better Humans [6]. Please let me know if there is any way that I can be helpful to you.
I created https://idorecall.com/ and it is different than apps like Anki. You upload your learning materials into iDoRecall. File types such as .docx, .pptx, .pdf, images files or add media share links from YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, etc. You consume your content in iDR. When you come across a concept or fact that you want to remember, create a linked spaced-repetition flashcard. When you practice your flashcards, if you struggle with an answer, click a link to open up the source file or video at the exact location where you created the card. Refresh your memory and then get back to your practice session. Also, you can create study groups with classmates and collaborate, sharing files and flashcards. I have written about my background and story https://bit.ly/2Tp3vTr
iDoRecall is a new kind of spaced-repetition flashcard app. You upload your learning materials (many file types and videos.) You create flashcards linked to the concepts and facts in your study materials that you want to remember. When you practice, if you forget the answer, click a link to open the source file/video at the exact spot where you learned it. Quickly refresh your memory and get back to your practice session.
iDR now allows students to create study groups and share files and flashcards. Teachers can also create classes and do the same.
I'd love your feedback, positive and negative. Thanks!
Nice, and open source. Bravo and congratulations. Such a nice step beyond bookmarking webpages.
I have created https://idorecall.com/ a web app (soon to work in mobile browsers too). Unlike Polar, you upload your learning files (Word, PPT, PDFs and image files as well as videos on Youtube) into iDoRecall and read them there. If you see a concept that you comprehend or a fact that you want to remember, create a spaced-repetition flashcard (we call our RECALLS) linked to that fact/concept. Then when you practice your RECALLS, if you forget an answer, click a link and the original source file/video opens at the exact linked location where you created the RECALL. Refresh your memory and quickly get back to your practice session. I wrote a few weeks ago about my life experience that led me to create iDoRecall: https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-unlock-the-amazing-p...