I'm using menomsyne in anger now and finding some things don't work as I anticipated. My main application is learning botanical names and using the images for plant identification. I use f-spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page ) to store and tag photos as it's great for hierarchical tagging then export and resize selected images to help identifiation.
In mnemosyne I've experimented with how best to use images. Usually I try and select or crop an image to show a particular identification feature then present the image as the Question, and the plant name as the answer. I've experimented also with adding a line of text in the Question part to prompt for what to look for; e.g. twig texture, leaf shape, bud colour etc. Most recently I've experimented with extracting data from the Exif fields, tags and comments, and using imagemagick ( http://www.imagemagick.org/ ) to overlay this text onto the jpeg itself and make a new image specifically for using with imagemagick (and sharing with Openoffice base in due course). You can see examples of these images at http://katsura.fotopic.net/c1782201.html The interesting thing I'm discovering is that, I don't think this works very well. What I find I'm doing is looking at the question, (image), and reading the text, and going straight to the botanical latin. I find I'm not even processing the text, I'm making a straight translation of the text to the answer without any real comprehension, UNLESS I MAKE THE EFFORT. What I think might work better is that if I include the ident clues with the ANSWER. So once I've decided what I think I know what the answer is I can check whether I used the ident hints that I've added. I'd be interested to know how this fits with others' experiences. Dougie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=.
