Janus

Highlights to Flashcards for Anki and Mochi

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

Introducing @janus_cards's new workflow: Flashcard Inbox

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

Documentation for @janus_cards is live. Can be accessed on landing page or in dropdown in app.

Explains the workflow, features and integrations currently available. Will get updated as new releases go live.

Thank you @mintlify for creating such a low-friction, quality defaults product.

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

Here's how to go from online lecture -> flashcard with @janus_cards

- Watch the online university lecture on youtube (such as an episode of MIT Courseware series on Introduction to Algorithms)
- Create a Janus notebook from the youtube video. The video will then be transcribed for you.
- Then give instructions to Janus in the Generate tab about what details you want to remember from this lecture. It will highlight these and generate flashcards, ready for you to review and save in your decks

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

3 new integrations with @janus_cards :
- Webpages
- Youtube
- MP3/4

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

New highlighter features for @janus_cards

- You can now see proposed highlights in the document reader as soon as they get created
- Can also click on them and will bring you to the Generate tab on the right.

- New Color Codes:
- Yellow = Saved highlight with no cards,
- Green = Saved highlight with cards,
- Blue with stripes = Proposed Highlight, not yet saved

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

There is now a better way to edit all cards in a single highlight in @janus_cards

Once cards exist in a highlight, the generate button turns into a "Generate More" and "Improve" button.
- Generate More: Additional cards will be created that try to cover material that is in that highlight but not in the cards that already exist, as we always try to avoid duplicates
- Improve: The existing cards in the highlight will be modified based on your prompt and on the best practices, with your prompt taking priority.

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

Even though @janus_cards tries to create great flashcards first time, using AI introduces unpredictability that can cause cards to have stylistic or organizational flaws. The issue might be quite obvious, like needing to split a card that combines two facts into two separate atomic cards.

"Refinements" are narrow prompts you can run on a card to correct and improve them. By clicking the 🪄 icon on a card, a dropdown of your refinements will appear, and selecting one will trigger the AI to improve it.

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

For those who wish to memorize the formulae, proofs and derivations from maths textbooks and research papers:

You can now manually highlight math blocks in @janus_cards

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

The reasoning around my 2 month bet to rewrite @janus_cards and support a highlight-first approach to flashcard generation:

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

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[Janus @janus_cards]

RT @AFV_7: A peek of what @janus_cards v1

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

@janus_cards v0.4 Update: "⛵ Calm before the Storm"

🚀 NEW: Fine-Grained PDF Uploads

Select exactly which pages to use.
Upload single pages, specific ranges, or full chapters

✨ COMING SOON: Major Workflow Upgrade 70% complete and ETA end of May!

[Janus @janus_cards]

Curiosity is timeless

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

I want to thank everyone who has tried out https://t.co/dBtfMACfrM so far!

I've added Stripe support for purchasing more credits if you're out already :)

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

Spent past week improving UX and making my electron app a web app.

Now I'm ready to send my new AI flashcard generator to my mailing list 🪇

[Janus @janus_cards]

It's FINALLY happening

[Alessandro Farace @AFV_7]

How it was vs how it's going.