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Notosaurus

In Anki desktop

With the add-on, Notosaurus runs inside Anki desktop: it starts with Anki, stops with it, and writes the cards straight into the profile that is open.

The Tools → Notosaurus menu

Section titled “The Tools → Notosaurus menu”

The Notosaurus menu in Anki

  • Open Notosaurus opens Notosaurus in the computer’s browser.
  • Open on the phone… shows a QR code to open Notosaurus on the phone, and the three steps to get there (see On the phone).
  • Getting started opens the setup assistant: the AI and its key, then the phone (see Getting started with the add-on). The first time, Anki offers it by itself when no AI is set up yet.
  • Settings opens the settings (AI service and key, voices, children…) in the computer’s browser. They only open on the computer: the phone can’t change them.
  • Server status… says whether Notosaurus is running, its addresses (on the phone and on this computer), and where its files and your lessons are.
  • Restart the server stops and starts Notosaurus again: after changing the add-on’s configuration, or when something is stuck.
  • Server log shows what Notosaurus did lately. It is the first thing to look at when something goes wrong (see Troubleshooting the add-on).
  • Help opens this documentation, in Anki’s language.
  • Support Notosaurus… opens its Ko-fi page, to make a donation if you like it. Notosaurus stays free.

The QR code to open Notosaurus on the phone

Switching profiles in Anki keeps Notosaurus running: the cards then go into the profile that is open (see Several children).

The add-on’s configuration

Section titled “The add-on’s configuration”

A few technical options are in Tools → Add-ons, select Notosaurus, then Config:

  • autostart: start Notosaurus with Anki (true by default). With false, it starts the first time you use the menu.
  • host: 0.0.0.0 (by default) lets the phone reach Notosaurus on the same Wi-Fi; 127.0.0.1 keeps it to this computer only.
  • port: 8000 by default. Change it if another program already uses that port.
  • source, python, data: leave them empty. They are only for developing Notosaurus.

After a change: Tools → Notosaurus → Restart the server.

The decks Notosaurus makes and what its cards look like in Anki, on the computer and the phones: see The cards in Anki.