Simple flashcards and notes extension. Ability to sync with Kindle.
You learn many interesting things every day by researching or reading books but easily forget if do not revise after some time. This extension allows you to:
create flashcards and notes in simple markdown format
sync notes and highlights from your Kindle and save them as flashcards
revise flashcards
I use this extension daily for my long-term memory. Hope it helps you as well!
Feature highlights
create flashcards and notes in simple markdown format
sync notes and highlights from Kindle
Spaced Repetition to revise flashcards
auto format and generate metadata for books and flashcards
provide links to open Kindle and Markdown while reviewing a flashcard
Get started
run command Kindle Notes: Open Flashcards Repo to view books in the repo
run command Kindle Notes: Study to revise a random book
(optional) run Kindle Notes: Sync Books, enter email and password to sync from Kindle
(optional) commit and push to Github
Preview
create flashcards
sync notes and highlights from Kindle
Commands
Kindle-notes: Open Flashcards Repo: to open the flashcards repo in VS Code
Kindle Notes: Study: study flashcards from a random books
Kindle Notes: Study This File: study flashcards from the current markdown book
Kindle Notes: Sync Books: to sync books from your Kindle. Notice that, the extension will ask you for email and password to login to Kindle. The credentials will be kept locally on your machine only.
Additional syntax for metadata and side seperator (%%)
---
id: id of the book <-- auto generated
name: Name of the book
---
## <-- starting point of the flashcard
(frontside content)
%% <-- seperator between front and backside
(backside content)
<!-- <-- flashcard metadata. Auto generated
src: kindle
hash: (hash value) <-- to identify a flashcard in the book
page: 301 <-- page of the notes or highlights in Kindle
-->
##
Next flashcard
Configs
Name
Description
Default Value
Kindle notes: Flashcards Home Path
Path to the flashcards repo directory. Will be asked the first time you use the extension
Kindle-notes: Headless Browser
true to show Chromium browser while syncing notes and highlights from Kindle
false
Kindle-notes: Show Logger
Specify whether the logger UI will popup or not
false
Kindle-notes: Kindle Email
Email using to login to Kindle. Will be asked the first time you use the Sync Books command
