https://github.com/psamim/kindle2anki

Add words from Kindle to Anki
https://github.com/psamim/kindle2anki

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Add words from Kindle to Anki

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/psamim/kindle2anki
• Owner: psamim
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-08-08T07:04:22.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-07T15:05:57.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T09:42:33.657Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: anki, kindle
• Language: Python
• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 78
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE

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#+TITLE: kindle2anki

* Description

  This is a Python script to help add words from Kindle to Anki. 

* Features

- It can directly add words to Anki decks (using [[https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect][anki-connect]] ) or creates a anki-ready tsv file.

- Asks for card back in the terminal (optional).

- Adds words from both the *Vocabulary Builder* and your *Notes* (=My Clippings.txt=).

  Vocabulary builder holds all the words you look up in the dictionary on Kindle.

  Clippings are your highlights.

- Last timestamp is written to =~/.kindle=. During next import only new lookups are exported. One can manipulate value written to =~/.kindle= to get only needed words from Kindle.

- Retrieve translations, images and sounds from LinguaLeo (from https://github.com/rampage644/kindle-to-anki)

* Usage

This uses  [[https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect][anki-connect]] , so make sure Anki is up and running.

- Import new words from vocabulary builder since last time, and asks for card back in the terminal. Words can be skipped (s) or you can quit at any words (q).

  =--clipboad= copies each word into clipboard so  you can use it to look-up into any dictionary.

  

  #+BEGIN_SRC shell

  $ ./kindle2anki.py --vocab-db '/run/media/Kindle/system/Vocabulary/vocab.db' --deck words --clipboard

  [0%]

  Word: include

  Context: Your Kindle includes one or more dictionaries for each supported language.

  Enter card back:[q/s]

  #+END_SRC

- Import new words from clippings since last time Do not ask for card back (to edit later in Anki) when =--ano-ask= is provided

  

  #+BEGIN_SRC shell

  $ ./kindle2anki.py --clippings '/run/media/Kindle/documents/My Clippings.txt' --deck words --no-ask

#+END_SRC

- I have not tested translation (code is from https://github.com/rampage644/kindle-to-anki)

- You can see my out-dated post [[https://dev.to/psamim/how-i-transfer-my-vocabs-from-my-kindle-paperwhite-to-anki-1f4d][How I transfer my vocabs from my Kindle Paperwhite to Anki]] . Arguments have changed since then.

* Install

The scripts uses  [[https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect][anki-connect]] . Make sure you have installed it.

Then install this script from [[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kindle2anki-git/][AUR]] or:

- Install Python 3

- Clone this repo

- Install requirements (=pip install -r requirements.txt=)

* Help

#+BEGIN_SRC shell

$ ./kindle2anki.py --help

usage: kindle2anki.py [-h] [--vocab-db VOCAB_DB] [--clippings CLIPPINGS]

                      [--deck DECK] [--update-timestamp] [--no-ask]

                      [--clipboard] [-o OUT] [-m MEDIA_PATH] [--email EMAIL]

                      [--pwd PWD] [--max-length MAX_LENGTH] [--verbose]

optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  --vocab-db VOCAB_DB   Path to Kindle vocab DB file (usually

                        "/system/vocabulary/vocab.db" on Kindle). Provide this

                        either this or --clippings

  --clippings CLIPPINGS

                        Path to clippings (usually "/documents/My

                        Clippings.txt" on Kindle)

  --deck DECK           Anki deck name

  --update-timestamp    Only update local timestamp to now and exit

  --no-ask              Do not ask for card back in the command line

  --clipboard           Copy each word to clipboard

  -o OUT, --out OUT     CSV output filename to import into Anki, if not

                        provided words are added to Anki using anki-connect

  -m MEDIA_PATH, --media-path MEDIA_PATH

                        Where to store media files (sounds/images) from

                        Lingualeo

  --email EMAIL         LinguaLeo account email/login

  --pwd PWD             LinguaLeo account password

  --max-length MAX_LENGTH

                        Maximum length of words from clippings, to avoid

                        importing big sentences

  --verbose             Show debug messages

#+END_SRC shell

* Automatic Sync

One can use udev rules to run this script automatically on Kindle connect. See 

https://github.com/seletskiy/runki#kindle--udev

* Credits

- https://github.com/rampage644/kindle-to-anki

- https://github.com/sebpearce/firewood

- https://github.com/seletskiy/runki