▲ 13 r/pathology+2 crossposts

Legitimate Multiple Choice in Anki with Source Linked Feedback

Hey Anki users,

I recently added multiple choice question generation to Recall Genie.

The idea is pretty simple: upload your notes/slides, generate MCQs, answer them, get immediate right/wrong feedback, and see explanations for why each answer choice is right or wrong.

The part I care about most is the source-linked feedback. The questions point back to the relevant section of your notes/slides, so you can quickly see where the answer came from without scrolling through a long PDF.

You can also adjust:

  • number of questions
  • difficulty
  • question/card style

I’m pretty pro-AI for MCQs specifically because if you write the question yourself, you already know the answer. With AI-generated MCQs, you can test yourself first, then use the feedback to see what you actually need to review again.

Right now it works best for text-based notes/slides and memorization/understanding-style questions. Full diagram/image-heavy PDF support is not added yet because I want to keep quality reliable.

Try it free here: https://www.recall-genie.com/multiple-choice/

Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbHMyg2kMw

Would love feedback, especially on question quality, source-linked feedback, and explanations for wrong answers.

u/TopNo883 — 1 day ago
▲ 0 r/Anki

What kind of AI multiple-choice workflow would you actually use in Anki?

Hey anki reddit,

This is more of a food for thought but I have been noticing a lot of different requests lately around AI and Anki, and I can't quite tell which direction people would actually find useful versus which one just sounds good in theory.

The two things I keep seeing come up are pretty different in practice. The first is more of a "generate from your own stuff" flow where you drop in a PDF or lecture slides and AI builds out multiple-choice cards with answer choices, explanations, the whole thing. Useful if you're starting from nothing and need to create practice material.

The second is basically the opposite situation. You already have an exam or question bank, you just want it inside Anki as something interactive instead of a static document you passive-read. Clickable options, feedback when you pick an answer, that kind of thing.

They solve different problems and I'm genuinely not sure which one people care about more. So which would you actually reach for? And what would make it good enough to trust in a real study session rather than just being AI output you have to babysit?

The reason I am asking this is because using AI for multiple is different than using it to create flashcards if users sort of get what I mean? Any ways would love to hear your insights?

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u/TopNo883 — 23 days ago
▲ 5 r/AnkiAi

Update: Recall Genie now supports custom card counts + multi-PDF Anki parent decks

Hello everyone,

A lot of you have either requested this or reached out to me personally with suggestions, so I wanted to share a few updates I’ve made to Recall Genie.

This is not the only update coming. I have a few more planned over the next week, but these are the two main ones that are live now:

  1. You can now adjust the number of cards generated

This is available to all users, including free users.

I added this because different people study differently. Some people only want a more high-yield deck that focuses on the most important material, while others, like myself, prefer maximum coverage and want as much useful content as possible.

The important distinction is that this is not just cutting off the PDF after a certain number of pages. I found that really annoying with some other tools because they can miss important information. Recall Genie still reviews the document and tries to prioritize the most relevant, high-yield information while covering the majority of the PDF.

  1. Pro users can now upload multiple PDFs at once

This was something I personally found annoying too. Sometimes you have a large textbook, lecture slide set, or course unit that is naturally divided into multiple parts, but uploading each PDF one at a time becomes a hassle. I know some of you have reached out to me about uploading textbooks so this was a reason as to why I added this feature.

Now, Pro users can upload multiple PDFs together and Recall Genie will generate one organized parent deck with separate subdecks for each PDF. The max number it can support is 10 pdf's at once and will process everything sequentially.

For example, instead of uploading Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, and Lecture 4 separately, you can upload them together and get one clean parent deck with each PDF organized as its own subdeck.

I made this a Pro feature because it is mainly for users who are using Recall Genie more heavily and generating larger decks more often.

That being said, the card number adjustment is available to everyone, including free users.

Feel free to try it out for free here:

https://recall-genie.com

Also, feel free to share any feedback or suggestions. I’ve been building a lot of these updates based on what people have told me would actually make the tool more useful, so I really do appreciate it and don't be afraid to comment or private message me.

Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86kB1ptyhU

Alright cheers everyone!

Edit: For those who do end up trying it let me know about the quality of the select your own card number since more data and insight will help me access quality a bit better positive or negative nothing is off limits!

u/TopNo883 — 25 days ago