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Getting Started

You'll be reviewing your first cards in about five minutes. This page walks through install, setup, and your first hands-free session.

What you need​

  • A phone (iOS or Android).
  • Headphones — wired or Bluetooth. Recommended, not required.
  • About five minutes.

1. Install the app​

2. Set up the basics​

These are the only steps you need before your first session:

  1. Pick a text-to-speech voice in Settings > Text-To-Speech. This is what reads your cards aloud.
  2. Choose where to store your cards — on-device, or iCloud if you're on iOS and want to sync across Apple devices.

If you plan to record your own voice for cards, allow microphone access when the app asks. If you want to search your library by speaking, set a speech recognition language in settings — this also powers Voice commands.

3. Get some cards​

You have two options. Pick whichever sounds more fun right now:

Try a community deck (fastest). Open the Marketplace, find a deck that interests you, and import it. You can start reviewing within seconds.

Build your own. Create a folder, then add cards by recording, typing for text-to-speech, or batch importing. See Creating Audio Flashcards for the full walkthrough.

4. Start your first review session​

  1. Open a folder with cards in it.
  2. Tap Review.
  3. Listen to the front of the card.
  4. Answer out loud or in your head.
  5. Listen to the back, then rate your recall: Again, Hard, Good, or Easy. The app uses your rating to schedule when the card returns.

That's a full review session. Repeat for as many cards as you have time for.

Go fully hands-free​

Once you're comfortable with the basics, turn on the features that let you study without touching your phone. Both live in Settings > Review Session Preferences:

  • Autoplay advances cards on a timed pause so you never have to tap.
  • Voice commands let you say next, back, repeat, again, hard, good, or easy to control the session and grade cards by voice.

Pair either with headphones, lock your screen, and you're studying purely by ear.

Permissions, briefly​

  • Microphone — only needed if you record audio cards or use voice commands.
  • Speech recognition — powers voice commands and search-by-speech indexing.
  • iCloud (iOS) — optional, used to sync your library across Apple devices.

You can skip any permission you don't need and grant it later from your phone's settings.

Next steps​