kindle2anki

Description

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

Features

• It can directly add words to Anki decks 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).
• 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

• You can my post How I transfer my vocabs from my Kindle Paperwhite to Anki
• 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).

  $ ./kindle2anki.py --kindle '/run/media/samim/Kindle/system/Vocabulary/vocab.db' \
     --collection '~/Documents/Anki/User 1/collection.anki2' --deck words --clipboard
  
  [0%]
  Word: include
  Context: Your Kindle includes one or more dictionaries for each supported language.
  Enter card back:[q/s]
      

• Import new words from notes since last time, do not ask for card back (to edit later in Anki).

  $ ./kindle2anki.py --src '/run/media/samim/Kindle/documents/My Clippings.txt' \
     --collection '~/Documents/Anki/User 1/collection.anki2' --deck words --no-ask
      

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

Install

From AUR or:

• Install Python 3
• Clone this repo and init the submodules.
• Install requirements (pip install -r requirements.txt)

Help

$ ./kindle2anki.py --help

usage: kindle2anki.py [-h] [--kindle KINDLE] [--src SRC]
                      [--collection COLLECTION] [--deck DECK] [-o OUT]
                      [-m MEDIA_PATH] [--email EMAIL] [--update-timestamp]
                      [--pwd PWD] [--max-length MAX_LENGTH] [--verbose]
                      [--no-ask] [--clipboard]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --kindle KINDLE       Path to kindle db file (usually vocab.db)
  --src SRC             Path to "documents/My Clippings.txt" on kindle
  --collection COLLECTION
                        Path to anki collection file (.anki file)
  --deck DECK           Anki deck name
  -o OUT, --out OUT     CSV output filename to import into anki, if not
                        provided words are added to provided Anki deck and
                        collection
  -m MEDIA_PATH, --media-path MEDIA_PATH
                        Where to store media files (sounds/images) from
                        Lingualeo
  --email EMAIL         LinguaLeo account email/login
  --update-timestamp    Update local timestamp to now and exit
  --pwd PWD             LinguaLeo account password
  --max-length MAX_LENGTH
                        Maximum length of words from clippings, to avoid
                        importing big sentences
  --verbose             Show debug messages
  --no-ask              Do not ask for card back in the command line
  --clipboard           Copy each word to clipboard

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