Hi,
It's snap to create dictionary-based flashcards from OCR. I'd really like the ability to create custom flashcards from it, though.
For example, I'm reading a an essay in a graded reader. There are ~200 vocabulary terms glossed for the essay, with pinyin and definitions. Right now, if I want to create custom cards in Pleco, I use a pen scanner to scan the vocabulary words and definitions into a text file for import (my pen scanner doesn't recognize pinyin, so I have to manually enter them in the file). While the pen scanner is faster than manually entering all the relevant information, it's far, far from perfect and still time consuming.
What would be really great is if I could perform a simple "add custom flashcard" workflow like this:
This functionality would be a huge time saver for me.
Thanks!
It's snap to create dictionary-based flashcards from OCR. I'd really like the ability to create custom flashcards from it, though.
For example, I'm reading a an essay in a graded reader. There are ~200 vocabulary terms glossed for the essay, with pinyin and definitions. Right now, if I want to create custom cards in Pleco, I use a pen scanner to scan the vocabulary words and definitions into a text file for import (my pen scanner doesn't recognize pinyin, so I have to manually enter them in the file). While the pen scanner is faster than manually entering all the relevant information, it's far, far from perfect and still time consuming.
What would be really great is if I could perform a simple "add custom flashcard" workflow like this:
- Take a picture of the page that has the glossed vocabulary.
- Tap on a vocabulary word, or draw an OCR box around it, essentially identifying it as the headword for the flashcard.
- In like manner, tap on the pinyin or draw an OCR box around it, telling Pleco that this is the pronunciation for the vocabulary term (this assumes Pleco OCR one day recognizes pinyin. Bopomofo would be nice, but not critical).
- Lastly, tap on or draw an OCR box around the vocabulary term's definition to identify it.
This functionality would be a huge time saver for me.
Thanks!