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Your Anki example is a language one — I’ve tried that but was frustrated because sound never played with the words. Seems pretty important to hear sound with the word when learning a language. Curious if you solved that… (or maybe just not an issue for your brain.)

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I didn't really use it for learning languages, and when I did use it for that (briefly, for German), I found it less effective than often claimed. That being said, it is probably quite good for reading vocab - if my goal in learning German was to read Die Zeit I can see how it would be helpful. But I mainly used it for exams and memorising findings from social science research. Although if I remember correctly I did manage to find a German deck that played the sound with the words - depending on what language you're learning, I could try and dig up a shared deck you can use.

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Check out AwesomeTTS: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1436550454. It works really well.

For language learning, use Anki in tow with other reading material and add flashcards with context so that you form meaningful memories. Random vocabulary lists can get real boring real quick.

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