Transformers OCR v0.11

Added an ability to hold text before copying it to the clipboard or sending it to goldendict.

Quite often one sentence, phrase or a chunk of meaning is split between two or more speech bubbles. A solution is to have transformers-ocr hold text for you. It will recognize one speech bubble, remember it, then wait for another, and only copy the text from all bubbles altogether when you're done.

https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/transformers_ocr#holding-text

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I immerse with English and Japanese subs on at the same time. Is this a bad idea?

https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/blog/en-and-ja-subs-at-the-same-time.html

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AJT Media Converter

📸 Convert images to WebP automatically when adding new notes with AnkiConnect

Added an option to convert png and jpg images to WebP when a new note is made with AnkiConnect (Rikaitan, etc.).

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1151815987 (supports anki 2.1.60 and newer)

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How do you recommend starting on listening practice?

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/how-do-you-recommend-starting-on-listening-practice

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Shinmeikai 8 pronunciations index for AJT Japanese

Audio ripped from Shinmeikai has been released as a new audio source for AJT Japanese. You can enable it in the add-ons Options by pasting the path to the zip file or downloading the repository and pasting the path to the index.json file.

Future releases of AJT Japanese will include this audio source by default.

https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/shinmeikai_8_pronunciations_index

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I have a deck I haven't reviewed for a whole year. Should I reset it?

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/should-i-reset-a-deck-i-havent-reviewed

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Updated AJT Flexible Grading

The new version adds an option to press the k key to flip the card while the card is in question state. This means that users can easily flip a card and rate it "good" by pressing kk. This feature can be enabled in Options and is off by default.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1715096333

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Dae merged this PR into Anki. Now you can configure answer keys without having to install Flexible Grading, though currently some features of Flexible Grading are not available in vanilla Anki yet, so it's a bit early to retire the add-on completely.

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How strict do you recommend being about 1T?

https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/blog/how-strict-do-you-recommend-being-about-1t.html

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Full Text Search can cause GoldenDict to utilize 100% of the CPU all the time. This is likely a bug. Disable the feature in "Preferences" > "Full-text search".

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AJT Japanese update

Added a new setting which is applied on a per-profile basis and lets you set what callers can trigger a profile.

Each profile can be triggered by one of the 4 callers:

1) Focus lost. When the user presses Tab or switches focus away from the selected source field in the Browser or in the Add dialog.
2) Toolbar button. When the user presses the "Regenerate all fields" button in the Browser's toolbar.
3) Note added. When AnkiConnect adds a new note, but not when the user adds a note manually via the Add dialog.
4) Bulk add. When the user presses the "Bulk-generate" button in the Browser's "Edit" menu.

When editing a profile, you can select what callers the profile should "answer" to.
For example, you can generate furigana when focus is lost but not when a note is added.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1344485230

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Updated Cross Profile Search and Import

Added a config option to copy card data when importing. Scheduling information, such as due date, interval, queue, type, etc. will be copied to the current collection.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1772763629

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Using AJT Japanese with mecab-ipadic-neologd

Updated installation instructions, mentioned the possibility of replacing the built-in mecab dictionary with neologd.

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/anki-japanese-support#installation

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Does playing Japanese audio on repeat while I sleep count as immersion?

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/does-playing-japanese-audio-on-repeat-while-i-sleep-count-as-immersion

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AJT Japanese - mp3 audio files

Audio sources with mp3 audio files have been released. Although we don't recommend mp3 audio, some Anki clients may not support the preferred Opus codec.

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/anki-japanese-support#audio-files

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Updated AJT Japanese

Changelog:

* New per-profile setting: overwrite destination.
* Regenerate button and Generate button are now separate and can be toggled on/off in Options.
* The "General" tab has moved to "Menus".
* Removed settings that can be customized on per-profile basis.
* Cache can be cleared on demand for selected audio sources via a context-menu action.
* Short stats are shown after config init.
* Added a Search dialog for searching and adding audio files.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1344485230

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TAAS has been released

TAAS is yet another audio source for AJT Japanese. It includes audio that I ripped from Wanikani (a shitty kanji learning website) and some other audio I happened to have at hand. Although the site is completely useless for AJATTers, it has native audio recordings (available at https://www.wanikani.com/vocabulary/) which are nice to have offline access to.

Repo https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/taas_pronunciations_index
Online source URL https://github.com/Ajatt-Tools/taas_pronunciations_index/releases/download/v1.0/TAAS_main.zip

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How to add audio from Forvo as a "sound dir" in GoldenDict

Updated the GoldenDict guide. Added info about using locally stored pronunciations from Forvo in GoldenDict.

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/setting-up-goldendict#pronunciation-audio

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Why shouldn't I just keep using an app instead?

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/why-shouldnt-i-just-keep-using-an-app-instead

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📂More about lf and nsxiv integration

Previously, I wrote in the guide that it is possible to tag a certain file in lf after a reading session to mark the last read manga page. Today I've added a couple of handy config snippets that make the process even smoother.

1) You can tell lf to follow the image currently opened in nsxiv by sending a remote command from nsxiv to lf whenever a new image is shown.
2) You can tag images right from the nsxiv window with a key binding.

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/mining-from-manga#file-manager

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If you're almost done with Tango N5, is it worth switching to the KanjiTransition deck?

https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/is-it-worth-switching-from-tango-to-jp1k

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