you can also write it on a piece of paper and compare it with the
answer.
On Feb 8, 7:11 pm, Oisín Mac Fhearaí <denpasho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/2/8 Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > That is, she thinks Mnemosyne is a quiz program: one is presented with
> > the question, then one types in the best answer one can think of, and
> > ding ding! one is right or wrong.
>
> This does have its benefits for some situations (i.e. where you are worried
> about making spelling mistakes in a new language, especially with various
> accents and other modifiers). I think Pauker is the only spaced-repetition
> system I've seen that allows typing in answers (it compares them to the
> stored answers and gives you a colour-highlighted visual diff of mistakes
> with the option to mark correct anyway or put the card back - if you typed
> it exactly correctly, then it moves on to the next card immediately since it
> uses a binary grading system).
> Of course, there are many, many situations where it's not really useful or
> appropriate (learning facts, improving your vocabulary in your native
> language where you won't make spelling mistakes or will notice them without
> needing to type, chemistry/maths equations, or iconographic languages like
> Chinese where you want to sketch the character rather than simply type it
> with the IME - I use a graphics tablet and drawing program).
> It might be nice to add a basic scratch-pad entry thing to Mnemosyne as an
> option for cards.
> Oisín
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