alfred-ldoce-express

Alfred 3 workflow to quick look of Longman dictionary and creating Anki cards.

Search by headword or across all entries

Preview

Create, choose and delete your decks in Anki

Use ⌘L for more info by large text and copy it

Warnings, Notifications

Try this Anki theme (Scramble-sentences) to learning by created cards

Description

The search, ldoce <query>, uses Pearson's API to hunt for headwords and senses that match headeword/<query>. 25 results are retrieved by default for headword search. This workflow searches from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th edition)[ldoce5 - API]. And creates Anki cards by your choices (if an article of the current word in this API not existing audio examples the Alfred will create audio examples from Oddcast. [uses random voices: Julie, Kate, James]

Install

$ npm install --global alfred-ldoce

or as ldoce-Express.alfredworkflow

• Download and import the deck example for Anki to install template for this grabbing from ldoce Api.

Requires: Node.js 7.6+, Alfred Powerpack, Anki intelligent flash cards, AnkiConnect plugin for Anki.

Usage

video presentation

In Alfred, type ldoce, Enter, and your query.

• ldoce < query > — Search for entries with the given headword

• ldoces — Generic text search across all entries (searchs all entry fields)

  • ⇥, ↩ or ⌘ + NUM — Show senses of selected headword
  • ⇧ or ⌘ + L — Show Quick Look preview from ldoceonline.com/dictionary/query

• < query > — Search for previous matching ldoce < query >

  • ⇥, ↩ or ⌘ + NUM or click — select to choose sense for creating card
  • ⌘ + L — Show one of vocabulary entries in Alfred's "Large Type" window
  • ⌘ + ↩ — create card from selected senses of word
  • ⌥ + ↩ — create card from all matching of current query
  • hit fn + ↩ — export current vocabulary entries to other workfows "Call External"
  • hit ⌃ + ↩ to turn back from some additional boxes to current session of query

• < ldl > (last query or last query for phrasal verb) go to the definition of the word of the last query

• If you notice this sign 🔦 it means the current deffinition exist additional words for search. Hit ⌃ + ↵ (SEE ALSO) to show and search by this words.

• <ldoce !> — Choose, create or delete deck for Anki

  • <!set> - choose another deck for new cards
  • <!del> - delete any deck (with cards)
  • <!refresh> - Refreshing info by AnkiConnect. It will be done automaticaly after each query set, but can be used forcibly by this command.

Note: OS X's "delete word" shortcut ( ⌥ + ⌫ ) is very handy for backing out of a current search result.

notation conventions

: Regular

: Gramatical

: Phrasal verbs

: Collocation

: Run-on sentences

Configuration

• There is three options:
  • language: Choose your language (it use google-translate-api).
  • path_to_anki-media: /Library/Application Support/Anki2/< Profile name of Anki >/collection.media.
  • note_type: "Ldoce-Express" - by default don't need to change.

ToDo

• Update Readme
• Add Frequency by "Ldoce 9000"
• Add more info (like "due", "new", "suspend" and count of cards) through the AnkiConnect
• Tests

By me a coffee

License

MIT © bikeNik