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Turn your Kindle highlights into Anki flashcards

Copy the highlights and notes from your Kindle, and get clean question-and-answer cards you can study with spaced repetition.

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Why highlights alone make weak flashcards

Many readers save a AI-made Anki flashcards from Kindle highlights setup by exporting everything they marked, then never opening it again. A highlight records what caught your attention at the time, not what you want to remember a month later. Turning those highlights into questions is the step that makes them useful.

Export My Clippings.txt over USB, or copy notes from the Kindle notebook on Amazon's website.
Keep one idea per card so each review has a clear answer.
Edit generated cards to remove highlights that were only interesting, not worth recalling.
Study in the browser for free, then export to Anki when you want cards on your phone.

Example flashcards from Kindle highlights

What does My Clippings.txt on a Kindle contain?Highlights, notes and bookmarks saved from every book on the device, stored as plain text.

Why does rereading highlights build weak recall?It feels familiar without making you retrieve the answer, so spaced self-testing works better.

What makes a good flashcard built from a highlight?One idea, phrased as a question, with the answer in your own words instead of the full copied sentence.

Where can you read your Kindle notes outside the device?In the Kindle notebook on Amazon's website, where highlights and notes from your books are listed.

What is spaced repetition?Reviewing each card at increasing intervals, so you see it again just before you would forget it.

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Plain-text Kindle import

Your Kindle's My Clippings.txt file is already plain text, so paste it in or upload it without converting anything.

Cards, not copied sentences

Each highlight becomes a question with a short answer, so you test recall instead of rereading the same passage.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards come back at growing intervals, so the ideas you are most likely to forget show up right before you lose them.

How it works

Export your highlights

Connect your Kindle to a computer by USB and copy My Clippings.txt from its documents folder.

Generate your cards

Upload the file or paste the text. DeckOwl turns the highlights into flashcards you can edit before studying.

Study or export to Anki

Review in the browser on the free plan, or export to Anki on Plus.

A good card from a highlight asks one thing and answers it in your own words. Long copied passages are hard to test, and reviewing them feels familiar without building recall. Spaced repetition does the scheduling so you only spend time on the cards you are close to forgetting.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I get my highlights off a Kindle?

Connect the Kindle to a computer with a USB cable and copy My Clippings.txt from the documents folder, which holds highlights and notes from every book on the device. You can also copy highlights from the Kindle notebook on Amazon's website.

How many flashcards should I make from one Kindle book?

Aim for one card per idea you would want to recall weeks from now rather than one card per highlight. Books with many highlights often need trimming, so keep the cards that teach a concept and drop the ones that only restate a sentence.

Can I export these flashcards to Anki?

Yes, Anki export is part of the Plus plan, which costs $39 a year or $7.99 a month. The free plan lets you study the cards in the browser, but exports are not included.

Do I need a credit card to try it?

No. The free plan includes 3 generations per month, and you can start without entering a credit card. Students get 40% off with a school email.

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