Turn your notes into flash cards in minutes with AI
Skip the hand-writing. Upload your own PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages, and get flash cards built from your course material, ready for spaced repetition.
Making flash cards from your own material
Writing flash cards by hand works, but it can take longer than the studying itself. Here is how to make flash cards from the material you already have: start with the chapter, lecture slides or notes you need to learn, and let the generator pull out the terms and facts. The advantage is that the cards come from your own course, not a generic deck.
- Make one fact per card so each review gives a clear yes or no.
- Use your own lecture slides or textbook pages so the cards match what you will be tested on.
- Review new cards daily and let spaced repetition handle the rest.
- Edit any card that looks wrong before you start studying.
Upload what you already have
PDFs, DOCX and PPTX files, plain text notes, and photos of pages. Photos are read with text recognition, so a snapped textbook page works too.
Cards in seconds
The AI picks out key terms and ideas and turns them into question and answer cards you can edit before studying.
Spaced repetition built in
Cards come back at the intervals your memory needs, so your time goes to the ones you are about to forget.
How it works
Upload your material
Add a PDF, slides, a Word file, notes, or a photo of a page.
Review the generated cards
Check the questions and answers, then keep the ones that match your course.
Study on a schedule
Work through the deck daily. Spaced repetition moves the cards you miss back into view more often.
Good cards ask one thing each. Keep the front to a single term or question and the back short enough to check at a glance. For a language like Spanish, one card per verb form works better than a card that lists a whole conjugation table.
Once the deck is made, the schedule does most of the work. Short daily sessions with spaced repetition beat one long cram session before the test, because each review lands just before you would otherwise forget.
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Frequently asked questions
How many flash cards should I make for a Spanish verb unit?
Start with the verbs your teacher lists, then add the forms you keep missing. Keep each card to one verb form, since quality matters more than volume.
What is the fastest way to study present-tense Spanish verb flash cards?
Review a short batch every day instead of cramming, and say the answer aloud before you flip the card. Spaced repetition brings back the forms you miss more often, which is where most of the gain comes from.
Is there a free way to make flash cards with DeckOwl?
The free plan includes 3 generations per month and studying in the browser, with no credit card needed to start. Exports are a paid feature.
Can I export my flash cards to Anki or CSV?
Yes, the Plus plan at $39/year or $7.99/month exports to PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV. Students get 40% off with a school email.
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