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Anki supports native auto-flip and auto-answer, but lacks full Speed Focus add-on parity due to two missing options: alert sounds and a pause toggle.
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Would like to Auto play an alert to be added in Anki, so that you can use in AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile
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I rebuilt the script inside a custom note type, but I am having trouble mapping it to “User Action 1” to handle the pause function.
In this script, had to recreate:
- Auto flip
- Auto play an alert
- Auto answer
- User Action 1 (still working on)
Auto Advance Pause function
The Speed Focus add-on includes a pause feature that halts the timer for the current card and automatically resumes it on the next card:
A button that stops automated events from firing.
It would be great to have this built in. To avoid confusing users by adding another shortcut alongside the existing Auto Advance shortcut, we could add a toggle in Deck Options → Auto Advance to change the shortcut behavior.
- Default behavior: Starts or stops Auto Advance.
- With toggle enabled (“Auto-Start Auto Advance”): Repurposes the button to pause Auto Advance for the current card only.
Current behavior:
Study → auto advance START → auto flip → auto advance STOP → Review and Next Card → Auto Advance START → Study next card (loop)
New behavior:
Study → auto flip → auto advance PAUSE → Review and answer card → auto flip next card (loop)