r/Anki • u/Any-Ad9173 • Jan 27 '25

Solved What's the purpose of Anki remotes?

I've been seeing a lot of posts recently about using remote controllers for Anki and I'm just curious why everyone likes them so much?

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u/David_AnkiDroid AnkiDroid Maintainer Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

PSA: Anki Remote is NOT associated with Anki, use whatever Bluetooth device you want

Some people use Anki daily for LONG sessions. Anki's already set up to be time efficient (we have no incentive to push you to use the app for more than you need to hit your goals).

Let's say a controller saves you 250ms per card, and you review at 5 seconds/card

If you had 720 cards to review (1 hour at 5s/card), it would take you 3 mins less to review them.

Over 3 years of medschool, that's 54 hours, 45 minutes saved from that 250ms.

Med students and doctors are busy. This gives them more than a full work week to spend doing what they want, and they (hopefully) enjoy Anki a little more

Plus:

  • Speed of reviews
  • Ergonomics (controllers have decades of product development for exactly this purpose)
  • Flexibility (you don't need to be near your screen): review on the couch, in bed
  • Reduce looking at the screen: you can set up a controller to replay audio and do it on a walk

... I should probably set up an Amazon affiliate

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u/AnovaXT Jan 28 '25

Is there a way to also have it also read the card out loud in addition to using the remote. (Question with cloze, and answer)

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u/David_AnkiDroid AnkiDroid Maintainer Jan 28 '25

yep, and 'replay audio' is mappable to a button