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AnkiCards:Batchimportaudiomedia

Ihaveaspreadsheetofover5,000cardsthatIwanttoimportintoAnki.

Oneachrow,thereisareferencetoanaudiofile.

Isthereanywaytobatchimporttheaudiofiles?

Iknowafterthecardshavebeenimported,Icanclickontheattachmentsymbolandthenselecttheaudiofile.Butdoingthatforover5,000cards
willtakeforever!Anymethodtoautomatetheprocesswouldbehugelyappreciated.Thanks!

audio batch anki

editedApr13'15at9:55 askedMar6'15at19:12
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ThisishowIdidit:

1.InmySpreadsheet,theaudiofileswereincolumnF2.

Soinanewcolumn(F3)Iaddedthefollowingformula:

=SUBSTITUTE("[sound:#]","#",F2)

Sothefinaloutputwaslikethis:

[sound:vocab13en.mp3]

2.InAnki,Iwenttomyuserfolder.Onamacthisisin USERNAME/ANKI/User1 .Inthere,thereisa

foldercalled"Collection.media"Popallyouraudiofilesinthatfolder(It'sworthrenamingthem
withaprefix,sotheydon'tgetmixedupasyoucan'tuseseparatefolders.Ifyoudothis,
renametheminthespreadsheet).
3.OpenAnkiandcreateanewDeck.CreateanewcardandmakesureithasfieldsforAudio.
Clickonthe"Cards..."buttonandaddtheaudiofieldtoyourtemplate.
4.Finally,importyourspreadsheetmakingsuretheaudiocolumn(createdincolumnF3instep
1)ismappedtoyouraudiofield(createdinstep3).

Voila!NowallyourAnkicardswillbeimportedwithaudiofiles.

answeredMar20'15at12:22
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