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https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet

Save examples from dictionaries to Google Sheet in one click.
https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet

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Save examples from dictionaries to Google Sheet in one click.

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# What is it for?

Watch in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGMwl8s3xDk).

Suppose you're learning a language, how do you remember new vocabulary? There're beliefs that the best approach is to read a sentence which has a new word in it. 



For example, you want to remember a word car. You open an online dictionary and see these examples:

* I have a car of BMW brand.

* You drive your car too fast.

* What color is your car?



What would you do with these? I would save them to my vocabulary Google Sheet and read them on the next day. But copy-pasting each sentence isn't cool, especially on your smartphone =(



This browser extension allows you to have those sentences to look like this in your browser:

* I have a car of BMW brand. **[Save]**

* You drive your car too fast. **[Save]**

* What color is your car? **[Save]**



Where **[Save]** is a link. When you click it, the sentence is saved to your Google Sheet. Isn't that cool? =)



### I like it! But what do I do with those sentences in a Google Sheet?

There's [a nice Google Sheet add-on](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/vocabulary_90/637385062408) that will automate the learning process. Once you've saved the sentences, you'll periodically receive emails with them to recollect. More details how [the Google Sheet add-on](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/vocabulary_90/637385062408) works, what it does and how often does it send emails can be found in the [add-on description](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/vocabulary_90/637385062408).



### What online dictionaries are supported?

The full list can be found [here](https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet/blob/main/common/sites-settings.js), among them are:

* https://www.google.com/

* https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

* https://www.spanishdict.com/



Since sentences detection is based on regular expressions, it would be quite fast to add support of other dictionaries.



# How to get it?

#### For desktops

* [Mozilla Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vocabulary-to-google-sheet/)

* [Google Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vocabulary-to-google-shee/iihhhbkpnemncnmefhffhfiecmilppnf)



#### For Android

[Google Chrome's extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vocabulary-to-google-shee/iihhhbkpnemncnmefhffhfiecmilppnf) is supported by the following browsers on Android ([read this manual how to install it](https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet/wiki/How-to-install#kiwi)):

* [Kiwi Browser](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser)

* [Yandex Browser](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yandex.browser)

* Might be supported by other Chromium-based browsers, but I've tested it only with Kiwi and Yandex.



#### For iPhone

Unfortunately, iPhone doesn't support browser extensions. But [Vocabulary 90 add-on](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/vocabulary_90/637385062408) supports adding sentences through a Google Form ([see screenshots here](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/vocabulary_90/637385062408)). Currently, it's the most convenient way of adding sentences for iPhones.



# [How to install](https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet/wiki/How-to-install)

How to install the extension and how to setup a target Google Sheet for it, please read [here](https://github.com/fertkir/vocabulary-to-google-sheet/wiki/How-to-install).



# How to build the source code

### Requirements

1. Ubuntu or other Linux distribution.

2. jq v.1.5.1 (sudo apt install jq) - for merging manifest.json for different extension distributions.

3. zip - to create archive of extension

4. make



### Building process

Run `make`



Built extensions will be in `build/` directory.