Hey everyone, I've been using Anki since my pre-med years. Amidst our collective love for this tool is the equal hate we have for the biggest bottleneck we come across: time-consuming card creation. This was particularly relevant for me when I was trying to study for in-house exams in my pre-clinical years or high yield content for my Step exams.
Even when I became efficient at creating the cards, I'd frequently miss HY info or, more often, added too much detail, rendering my decks bloated and useless. It made studying for in-house exams difficult, Step prep even harder, and, now, as I prepare for my anesthesiology boards to come, very daunting.
So, I built a small web app called Incus that takes lectures files (PDFs, slides, docs) or a lecture transcript and generates Anki-ready cards. I've been using it myself and it's saved me a ton of time, even with a resident schedule (every minute counts).
I added a "density" toggle feature so you can choose between high-yield facts or exhaustive details. It even offers board-style cards or pharmacology focused cards.
I'm here looking for honest feedback from other power-users:
- Would this actually fit into your workflow?
- What would make it unusable for you?
-What would you never trust a tool like this to do?
If anyone wants to try it and give honest feedback, I've attached the link below. Hopefully, it can help your study habits as much as it has mine.
P.S.: Highly recommend using this on a Desktop/Laptop first to upload files effectively.
Thank you!
How is this different to other anki card generators which also offer “high yield” vs “exhaustive” cards (using those exact words)?
Incus was built because I found the implementation in existing tools often lacked the 'medical intuition' I needed for board prep. Specifically, my tool differs in:
- Clinical Priority Engine: Rather than grabbing random sentences from your lecture, I tweaked the logic to prioritize content you'll actually see on your in-house board exams or Step.
- Density Control: Feature set to toggle the output density from 'high-yield' to 'exhaustive.
- Specialized Models: I coded specific engines for Pharmacology and Board-Style Vignettes so you can get cards formatted for the subjects you need.
- Workflow Integration: Doesn't just output text; .apkg file is exported with a clean PDF for review and a web-based summary page.
It’s not trying to be a 'one-stop-shop' for every major. I built this specifically to turn messy lecture slides into the most dense, board-relevant cards possible so you can dominate your exams.
Would love to hear your experience once you try some deck creation!
you might want to read the comment you're replying to before you post spam
Reflected on the question and took time to provide a detailed response. Did you read the comment?
They asked you how it differed from other things that provide density control and one item on your list was "Density Control: Feature set to toggle the output density from 'high-yield' to 'exhaustive."
Person: how is it different
Person2: it differs in <provides list>
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They asked you how it differed from other things that provide density control and one item on the list was
"Density Control: Feature set to toggle the output density from 'high-yield' to 'exhaustive."
So yeah, it feels like they didn't read the question and instead just copy and pasted their self-promotional spam.
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