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Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. Going open-source is something we'd consider but right now we're focused on building a tool that people love (which becomes difficult with a bunch of hobbyist developers contributing).
Also closed source isn't always bad. It's no secret that Duolingo has the world's best spaced-repetition algorithm - they will IPO for 2.4 billion soon.
Comment · 5 years ago
Sorry! Firefox is in the books but we're a small team and don't have the resources to maintain it on Firefox right now.
Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks! Export to CSV is coming soon.
Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks for the feedback.
Will let you know when we have reversable cards.
Comment · 5 years ago
We're not at feature parity with Anki yet. Our focus isn't copying or competing with Anki. iI you just want everything in Anki but better and free, then Zorbi probably isn't the right fit for you (yet!)
For now, we're focusing on helping students learn more effectively through spaced-repetition. Hence our Chrome Extension + Notion Integration. Hope that gives you an idea on where we fit into the "Spaced-Repetition" space.
Also, here is our changelog: https://zorbiapp.notion.site/zorbiapp/What-s-New-a7c0b5d9241...
Comment · 5 years ago
Glad to hear you liked the app.
Yes. We have cloze deletions. Hit Ctrl + Shift + C for cloze deletions (or hit the "Eye" that says "Hide Text")
RE: the issue with reviews piling up.
- We have some modifications planned for the algorithm that will make this easier. See the Load Balancer addon in Anki + algorithms like Half-life Regression which are making this easier to deal with.
Also we could all do with a "let me take weekends off" feature :)
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Yes - we're working on some features for teachers. If you're a teacher you should get in touch - keen to learn more about what you need.
Comment · 5 years ago
We plan to add export to CSV/PDF. You'll then be able to import it into ANKI via CSV
Comment · 5 years ago
No monetization right now - we have some revenue streams that will let us keep the core app free.
Freemium might happen in the future for niche features (e.g. Improved TTS / GPT-3 Flashcard Generation).
No data exporting yet. We plan to add CSV/PDF exports in the next month.
Offline mode is not possible yet - it will be within a couple of months.
Public API + Extendability is 100% planned. If you're interested in developing anything custom then get in touch with us! Might be able to set something up for you.
Comment · 5 years ago
A lot of it isn't actually copy paste, but just quality-of-life tricks to speed up card creation while going through lecture notes / reading an article.
e.g. we have tooltips+hotkeys that let you append the highlighted text to the front/back.
One-click card creation for language vocab is on our roadmap and will be a focus-area soon. We're focusing on students / teachers right now.
Edit: You may like our guide too: https://zorbi.cards/making-good-flashcards (based on SuperMemo's original article - but summarised for the average K-12 student)
Comment · 5 years ago
Tool is completely free. We don't plan to paywall the core tool.
Comment · 5 years ago
You're completely right. Having an understanding of the topic is important. In fact it's stressed on our "Making flashcards" guide: https://zorbi.cards/making-good-flashcards
It's mostly the convenience of always having the ability to create a spaced-repetition flashcard there in your browser.
Our primary use cases are studying for exams and language learning. Hopefully that sheds some more light on how the Chrome extension / Notion integration are used.
Comment · 5 years ago
Hi HN,
Meet Zorbi - a spaced-repetition tool built for exam study.
Zorbi helps you create flashcards straight from PDFs and Websites or from our Notion integration.
Creating flashcards with Zorbi is crazy fast and crazy easy.
Zorbi is a web-app so you'll be able to study from any device (but we have an Android app & an iOS app coming soon!)
Our mission is to build a full-featured exam study tool that people ACTUALLY want to use
(Combining the power of Anki with the simplicity and flexibility of Notion)
Let me know if you have any questions!
Comment · 5 years ago
Hi HN,
Meet Zorbi - the spaced-repetition tool that you've always wanted.
Zorbi helps you create flashcards straight from PDFs and Websites or from our Notion integration.
Zorbi is a web-app so you'll be able to study from any device (but we have an Android app & an iOS app coming soon!)
Our mission is to build a full-featured exam study tool that people ACTUALLY want to use (Combining the power of Anki with the simplicity and flexibility of Notion)
Let me know if you have any questions!