j0ha/pdf-anki

A GUI to automatically create and add Anki flashcards from a .pdf file using the OpenAI API

PDF to Anki

Introduction

PDF to Anki program using GPT3.5-turbo from OpenAI. Streamlit is the web-GUI. Shout-out to OpenAI and Streamlit for saving me a ton of work!.

Version 0.5 alpha (Not perfect, but usable).

Requirements:

• Anki running with AnkiConnect installed (Addon #: 2055492159)
  • Add "https://pdf-anki.streamlit.app" to "webCorsOriginList" under Tools -> Addons -> Config, then restart Anki.

If compiling to run locally:

• An OpenAI key
  • Needs to be added as OPENAI_API_KEY="[Key here]" in .streamlit\secrets.toml
• "Add "http://localhost:8501" to "webCorsOriginList" under Tools -> Addons -> Config, then restart Anki."

Usage:

1. Select a page range and a language for the flashcards.
2. Choose a PDF file. Cards will automatically be created for each page.
3. Flash cards are displayed and can then be modified before being added to Anki.

To do:

• Option to add card
• Add option to choose title of deck and possibly call up available decks in Anki to choose location
• Allow user to change prompt options
• Add formatting in response

Changelog:

0.5 alpha

• Lowered chance that GPT returns non-parseable result by moving to functions
• Skip pages without relevant info

0.46 alpha

• Added JPEG compression to reduce image size
• Fixed key error causing Streamlit crash
• Stopped unnecessary regenerations of flashcards

0.45 alpha

• Improved memory usage
• Can now add flashcards to Anki without running locally
• Added filename and page as tag
• Max. uploaded file size reduced to 50MB

0.4 alpha

• Can now add without running locally
• Can now add page range and change on-the-fly
• Option to select returned language

0.3 alpha

• User is updated on status and errors
• Improved GPT prompt

0.2 alpha

• Changed to Streamlit Web-GUI
• Removed image detection
• Shifted flashcards view to show alongside page preview
• Using pymupdf instead of pdf2image to reduce reliance on external libraries

0.1 alpha

• First release