Comment by mfranzs
1 day ago
This is what we've built RemNote for! You can add your sources (PDFs, websites, YouTube, etc.) and create cards directly from them. Either with AI (click on a sentence => get an AI card), or by highlighting a sentence and writing your own card.
It's not at the OS level, but I think a focused standalone all-in-one experience is actually better. We've explored a chrome extension here that does something similar to what you suggest, but it somehow hasn't proven useful in practice. I always keep coming back to just doing everything directly in the tool (upload PDF, take notes, make cards), as it helps me focus deeply on what I'm learning.
I tried Remnote yesterday for the first time, after another user in this same thread recommended it.
I put a paper in, and clicked a sentence and ... it is somewhat magical. This is exactly what I meant, somewhere to have PDFs etc. and an easy way to make cards immediately.
I bought pro with AI, and then I put a full paper in. I asked the AI to make flashcards of the whole paper; it worked so well, it's basically SuperMemo's original idea of incremental reading.
Looking forward to using it more, thanks for your hard work.
Love RemNote -- ability to take notes and create SRS cards within the notes is so sick
Does RemNote use the algorithm described in the link or something else?
Yep, you can either use FSRS (the one described in the link), or Anki-SM2.