chinese-comprehension VS anki

I'm not quite sure if it counts as easy, but this tool here (https://github.com/Destaq/chinese-comprehension) works really well if you're comfortable with a bit of playing around with things on your computer (I found the instructions reasonably clear, but I've done a bit of coding before). This works really well for files, and I use it to estimate the number of unique characters/word in a book as well as the total character count.

Not sure what an extensive text looks like? This Hacking Chinese post answers that well. As for finding such texts: you can estimate the difficulty of some text with this tool I made (technical but allows personalized difficulty) or this online one (accessible to non-coders but you’ll have to estimate difficulty off of the general stats for a text). A list of novels graded by difficulty (with more than just various editions of 《三体》and 《活着》, hold in your astonishment) can be found on Heavenly Path here.

this script by reddit user 'LAcuber', will process a document and give you an approximate count of unique words/characters, breakdown by HSK level, and if you also feed it a list of your known vocab, it will tell you what portion of the text might be unknown to you. After you consume a text, you can run the script again, and tell it to add all previously new words to your known vocab list.

A lot of learners use Chinese Text Analyzer, a paid (~$20 USD) piece of software that will scan some text and spit out % known words, number of chars/words, most common unknown words, HSK distribution etc. I tried the 14-day free trial, and while useful, its price tag kept me off. So, I developed a free tool with a server member called chinese-comprehension that does the exact same thing, albeit shown on as words not as graphics. While you will need to have Python installed, this is fairly straightforward.

Try the Anki system…there was someone who learned over 10 languages with that method:

https://apps.ankiweb.net/

And here is the source code for Anki: https://github.com/ankitects/anki

If you want to convince people to use your spaced repetition software over Anki, you need to tell us what's so wrong with Anki that can't be fixed with plugins and that's worth $10 per year.

You must demonstrate value above what Anki does.

I look at your list of projects in https://0xdev.gumroad.com/ and they're all pre-order of things that already exist elsewhere. To me, this smacks of "give me money, and I'll give you promises." Especially the project https://0xdev.gumroad.com/l/HelpFundMe?layout=profile

You want something for free? I'll give you something for free.

Anki absolutely can be improved. For new users, it's very confusing: having multiple decks, the separation between cards and notes, and the search interface are hard for new users.

Combine something that is simpler for new users with a demonstrably better algorithm and you might have a minimally viable product. But you need the product FIRST before you request money.

Give us something that we can run for one week and know that it's better than the free software that is Anki.

This support landed late last year as part of https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/23.10

> .apkg imports are able to merge changed notetypes, and can exclude scheduling data

My main use case is for managing my Azeron Cyborg profiles. And recently I have been experimenting with using the mobile controller feature to help do Anki spaced repetition reviews.

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