Thanks for the info! BTW, which automation addons did you find useful? Cheers,
Peter ________________________________ From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2018 08:39 To: mnemosyne-proj-users Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Re: Why don't anki or mnemosyne use newer SM versions? Le jeudi 19 avril 2018 03:59:58 UTC-3, Lucas Medina D'Abate a écrit : > Hi everyone! I'm new here. > > I've been using spaced repetition software for quite a while with the > "repetitions" app, and later on switched to the new tinycards app from the > creators of duolingo. However, the webapp limitation to have only 150 cards > per collection is really frustrating me and I've been evaluating anki or > mnemosyne as a new flashcard app. > > I've noticed, though, that both anki and mnemosyne seem to use something > called SM 2 algorithm to calculate the frequency of repetition. However, I've > also seen that SuperMemo (creators of the sm algorithm?) works with a much > newer version. > > Upon doing some more research I came across this site that explains what has > been improved with each iteration. > https://www.supermemo.com/help/smalg.htm#Historic_note:_earlier_releases_of_the_algorithm > > It all sounds good and the latest versions seem to improve the older versions > in very convenient ways. > > Now I'm also intrigued about using supermemo, but I still do like some > featurese that mnemosyne has, like different types of cards so that I can add > pronunciation to the words that I learn in other languages. > > What's the reason behind sticking to version 2 of SM? I can't help but to > feel like we're missing optimizations. I want to pick a new flashcard > software ASAP but this makes it quite hard. > > Cheers! Hello again, Mr. Peter! Following your suggestion, I went on to check available options. I ended up liking anki because of some automation add ons that I found very useful. However, because of the questions that I had regarding supermemo algorithms I set to test myself SM-2 and a newer version (specifically SM-8) to try and see if the bold claims from supermemo were true, since I didn't find any previous third party comparisons and I wanted to know. I conducted a two month long experiment with a set of japanese words and I reported my findings as I went through it here http://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/effective-learning/1258-sm-2-vs-sm-15/comments/ I don't know if it's of use or interest to you, but I thought it might be of some interest. This caused another user to conduct a similar experiment that's still ongoing. I'm waiting to see what his findings are. Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/ad3d4209-272a-4159-b53b-3361cce08346%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/4df49e02-7299-47f8-a4d5-2358ec2fab3b%40owa.ugent.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
