Pindu extends Anki's spaced repetition system with a reading engine to help you build comprehension and vocabulary. Prepare text from your Anki collection, then get credit for reading it.
Navigate to AnkiWeb's shared add-ons
Click "Download" and copy the add-on code
Open Anki, go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons, and paste the code
Restart Anki and find Pindu in your tools menu
As you read, mark each word by recall confidence. Pindu commits the marks to your Anki collection as real SRS reviews. Vocabulary maintenance becomes a byproduct of reading connected prose.
Pindu prepares passages from your vocabulary, calibrated to the words you know and are learning. Dial difficulty up for intensive practice, down for extensive practice, or bring your own text.
Pindu's reader bundles fast dictionary lookups, translations, text-to-speech, an LLM-based chat, and one-click adds for new words. You can resolve confusion and capture vocabulary without breaking your reading flow.
Pindu was built to complement Anki, not replace it. Alternate within a session, do one first and the other later, or skip one entirely: the work compounds into the same daily progress.
Pindu is a flexible tool for extensive and intensive reading practice. What separates it from other approaches and apps is its deep focus on personalization via cutting-edge vocabulary modeling. It is heavily inspired by both (a) spaced-repetition flashcard systems (e.g., Anki) and (b) graded readers (e.g., Sinolingua's excellent Chinese readers) for immersive, on-level practice. Pindu takes advantage of modern machine learning and thoughtful design to take these systems to the next level. To understand more about our approach, see How It Works or head over to our research posts.
Pindu currently supports Chinese only. We're planning support for other popular languages based on user demand.
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Pindu is built for conscientious self-learners who prefer direct approaches over gamification. If you're comfortable driving your own learning, Pindu is designed for you.
Pindu focuses on measurable progress through Anki's proven spaced repetition system. Your motivation comes from real reading fluency gains. If you're wondering how to integrate it with your current Anki habit, Getting Started walks through your first session in detail.
Pindu (品读, pǐn dú) means something like "to savor reading" in Chinese. The character 品 represents "tasting" or "savoring," which neatly captures the sense of satisfaction we take from language learning and how we go about it.
