benki/o is a Japanese language learning app for iOS and Android.

Learn Japanese from zero to 絶対zettai!

• plus one per day do all due cards in main kana deck
• Level System
  • Level 1:
    • show a i u e o hiragana (display special cases like hi-chi here)
    • check a i u e o (play sound after successful check)
    • if all a i u e o are passed in a row
    • add a e u i o to main kana deck
    • next level
  • Level 2: show ka ki ku ke ko hiragana
    • show ka ki ku ke ko hiragana
    • check ka ki ku ke ko
    • if all ka ki ku ke ko are passed in a row
    • add a e u i o to main kana deck
    • next level
  • ...
  • Level 4: ...

~2 Weeks (~4 Level per day)

9 Level Hiragana 1 Bonus Level (Katakana Diacritics) ka -> ga, etc. 1 Bonus Level (nya, sha, etc.) 9 Level Katakana 1 Bonus Level (Katakana Diacritics) 1 Bonus Level (Extended Katakana) 1 Bonus Level (nya, sha, etc.)

instead of pass/fail give the user either a keyboard or multiple choice buttons to enter -> this way the user cannot cheat kana keyboard (thanks @ben-kerman)

 [k ] [g ] |
 [s ] [z ] | [ a ]
 [t ] [d ] | [ i ]
   [ n ]   | [ u ]
 [h][b][p] | [ e ]
 [   y   ] | [ o ]
 [r ] [w ] |

• 1000 words learning through flashcards (like anki)
• basic grammar learing through single articles (not flashcards) https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/category/grammar-guide/basic-grammar/

only do 20 new cards per day -> extra counter per day

• have a few standard flashcard templates

This can work on mobile with asbplayer killergerbah/asbplayer And kiwibrowser -> this works only on android

firefox mobile+asbplayer should be the best option for ios

• mobile browser firefox with benkio addon -> login to netflix or crunchyroll
• when floating button is pressed -> screenshot -> extract subtitles from page source
  • create card from subtitles -> dictionary entry -> etc.
• maybe fork mobile firefox as module for this app

save media files to media folder -> save references to media files in sqlite db images: sounds: [sound:file.mp3] # unsure if this is possible, if you can extract this from netflix or crunchyroll

• someday...
• syosetu
• highlight sentence -> choose word for definition -> create card
• should work for wikipedia and other normal websites

• epubs, pdfs
• mangas

• flashcard view
  • Display Side A, "Show Answer" button, Show answer everywhere on screen
  • "Show Answer" -> Display Side A, Side B, Pass/Fail buttons -> zap OR swipe left/right like tinder to pass/fail
  • only be able to swipe left/right when answer is shown!
• flashcard backend
  • get due cards for today

1. Kana lernen ->
   • ~one week of doing only kana-cards
   • Suspend cards, that are passed very quickly multiple times (just kana)
   • then they leave the deck
2. Learn first 1000 words (kanji) +
   • 1000 words learning through flashcards
   • basic grammar learing through single articles (not flashcards) https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/category/grammar-guide/basic-grammar/
3. creating own flashcards
   • screenshot -> ocr -> text -> flashcard

• Add JSON Schema for Message passing between front- and backend

initialize

yarn install
cd src-tauri
diesel database reset
cd ..

dev

yarn tauri dev

• VS Code + Tauri + rust-analyzer