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Card types
Listen & Type
Listening and pronunciation cards.
What & why
A Listen & Type card asks the question with sound. The learner hears a clip and responds — what did they hear, what does it mean, how is it said. It’s the type built for the part of language you can’t learn by reading: listening and pronunciation.
When it beats Basic
Reach for it whenever the sound is the thing being learned — a word’s pronunciation, a phrase caught at natural speed, a note or interval in music, any ear-training subject. A written card can’t test whether a learner recognises a word when they hear it; an audio card can.
Keep the answer short and self-gradable, the same as any card — a Type the answer answer must be 200 characters or fewer. And make sure the clip is clear — audio quality is the learning here. Every clip has to be one you’re allowed to share, with its source recorded — see media & licensing.
A good fit: a clip of a native speaker saying “¿Cómo estás?” — the learner types what it means, or how it’s written.
In the editor
Drop an audio file for the prompt (any common format — it’s converted to MP3 automatically; clips must be under 60 seconds so a card stays one short prompt) and write the answer the learner types. Options: a short hint shown on the answer side; a difficulty; and a grading mode — Type the answer (the default: the learner types what they hear and it’s checked leniently, marking a one- or two-letter slip as Almost) or Reveal & self-rate (listen, reveal, rate yourself — best when typing the exact wording wouldn’t be fair). You can add a second clip as a pronunciation reference shown with the answer.