Memrise card template [support thread]

Anki Card Design
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With on-screen keyboard enabled:

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it worked :partying_face: thank you so much :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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And what about the template version?

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not sure where I see this, could you point me?

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On desktop, you can select any card in the browser (or press Edit during a review), then press Cards:
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and switch to the Styling tab.

On AnkiDroid, similarly during the review you can select Edit note from the action menu on the right, then scroll to the bottom, click Cards: ..., and switch to Styling.

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thanks, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that part of Anki!
V2.3

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In that case, you should try upgrading it. The early v2s weren’t really written with Android in mind, but there have been a lot of improvements in that regard since then.
Simply download the current version from either GitHub or AnkiWeb, import the file, and then change the Note Type to the newer template by selecting the cards in the Anki browser and using Note → Change Note Type.

Just in case anything goes wrong, it also might be a good idea to make a backup via File → Create Backup before modifying the notes.

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Thanks, got the template from Github, found how to import it, and found the instructions on how to replace for several thousand cards. Looks much better.

Can I drop a huge ‘thank you’ in here for all the detailed instructions? I would be lost without them!

Next, find the instructions again for getting the greek letters out of the on-screen keyboard (not useful when learning czech :-D), or disable the keyboard altogether. Not an urgency, as this is functionality I don’t use

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Did that solve the missing answer field issue?
I think @asiasiaa encountered a similar one, so this might be helpful to know.

There are some here

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it definitely did that (it also changed the behaviour and layout quite a bit, still working through some of these)

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What’s so different about it?

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main differences for me are

  • typing into card, instead of line at the bottom as before
  • display looks very different (my entry, expected entry, comparison, Extras etc), this will take a little to get used to, as it’s also different to how this worked before the spelling corrections stopped working
  • the on-screen keyboard was quite an overload on the screen for me, but I’ve turned this off per your link now
  • the auto-accept of the correct solution is something I’m not used to and struggle with - atm I have a tendency to look at the correct solution, and then press Enter; normally exactly at the point where if moves to the next card, which I then send with an empty field…
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That difference is not in the template itself, but in your AnkiDroid settings. You can switch it back, if you want to. If you are not using the card on-screen keyboard or multiple-choice cards, there should be no difference in functionality.

Not sure, what exactly this refers to, since there were no changes to the main layout or style between the versions.

Are you talking about the desktop version of AnkiDroid? Because there were no changes to auto-accept on the desktop, but there is no Enter on AnkiDroid, so I am a bit confused. In any case, you can disable auto-accept on any platform by commenting out a single line.

the delay is also easily adjustable if you would like to change it.

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there are some changes to what I’m used to, but you’re right, without the on-screen keyboard they’re not as massive as they somehow feel…

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One of my devices is a tablet I’m using with a physical keyboard, and AnkiDroid configured in Tablet Mode. It’s quite a good solution for courses that need lots of typing, or conversely ones you mostly tick through.

can you point me at where I’d disable or adjust this? Not a major issue, but if I can fine tune it to what works best to me then yes please!

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I only notice two differences with your previous screenshots: the typed answer shown on the top, which is what it all was for, and the spelling corrections under the correct answer – if those are bothering you, they can be disabled in the similar way.

I didn’t think of such a use case. I’ll have to keep a closer eye on the keyboard event listeners going forward.
It is also probably a good idea to add a short delay between a new card being displayed and enabling the ‘Enter’ key to submit an answer in future versions of the template :thinking:

You need to look for the following piece of code on the back side of a card:

activeTimeout = setTimeout((pid0)=>{
//	console.log(pid, "|", pid0);
	if (pid !== pid0) return;
	MemFlip();
}, 1500, pid);

1500 is the delay in milliseconds before a card is flipped to the next one (if the typed answer is correct) or to the info screen (otherwise). You can change it to any other value.
If you want to disable the flip altogether instead, simply put // before MemFlip(); to comment it out.

Just keep in mind, that this change has to be made on each backside (if you are using multiple card types within the template or several variations of the template for different courses), and also to be manually reimplemented again if you upgrade to a newer version of the template in the future. I will make it a bit more accessible in the next version, but hopefully, this is not too elaborate in the present form.

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Hi!

First of all, thank you so much for creating the Memrise-style template. It has saved me a lot of time, especially when reviewing my cards with the new FSRS algorithm!

I have a couple of questions:

  1. I’ve noticed that when playing audio for sentences instead of single words, the audio cuts off shortly after the autorategood() option is clicked. I would like to keep the autorategood() functionality but have it activate only after the audio has fully played. I’ve tried adjusting settings in the advanced audio options, but it hasn’t resolved the issue. Is there a way to achieve this?

  2. For grammar practice, is there any plan to implement tappable words to form sentences, similar to how Memrise does it, instead of typing out the entire sentence?

  3. I’ve read about the options for incorporating cloze deletions. Is there any possibility that a multiple-choice component could be added to cloze deletions, rather than just the typing option?

Thank you so much!

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That’s not possible, unfortunately. The audio playback is handled by Anki, and cards have little control over it. They can only send a call to start a playback of a certain file, but not stop it or check, if it has finished playing. There are several ways around it, however:

  1. Increase the overall delay for cards with sentences (this won’t work very well if the sentences’ lengths vary too much, since either long ones will continue to be cut short, or the shorter ones will have redundant silence at the end)
  2. Disable Interrupt current audio when answering in global preferences. This will prevent audio from being cut off even when a card is flipped to the next one. It can be used in combination with the previous method to a good effect.
  3. autorateGood() in addition to being activated on timeout is also triggered by pressing Enter (if you are using the complimentary add-on). It might not be as convenient as fully automatic flip, but probably still slightly better than using Anki buttons.

That’s a possibility, but I already have quite a few other major updates planned ahead:

  1. The one, currently in development, is about to add support for the iPhone app and multiple-choice questions with images as options, as well as a number of quality-of-life improvements related to customization
  2. After that I plan to make a UI for generating template variations for different set-ups (fields, directions of testing, types of questions, layout settings, etc.), similar to how course settings for creators work on Memrise.
  3. From the previous step it should be straightforward enough to make an automatic importing procedure for courses downloaded from Memrise, including study progress, and maybe also automatic updates for the template itself.

All of this will easily take all the time till the end of the year, and probably even then some. But after that I should finally be able to get to making support for other types of cards – multiple-choice with audio, tapping questions, close deletion … – and other requested functionality improvements, such as detailed control over typed answer checking or randomized questions.

This should be possible, but I’m not exactly sure, how this is supposed to work for questions with several omitted parts?

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Thank you for the reply, I have just decided to disable interrupting current audio in global preferences and also prolonging the answer timing in options.

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Wow! That’s a lot of work, please take your time, we really appreciate it.

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I’m not entirely sure about that, but I was thinking for example, when dealing with prepositions in German, it would be useful to have two options to choose from, such as whether a preposition is dative or accusative. Similarly, for the gender of nouns, having three options based on the suffixes, such that you can identify whether the noun is masculine, neuter, or feminine. Additionally, for pronouns, indicating whether they are accusative, dative, genitive, or nominative.