- 1Add a file
- 2Make cards
- 3Get your deck
Your cards
Diagrams
Click a mask to hide or show that label. Drag to move, drag the corner to resize, drag on the image to draw a new one, Delete to remove.
One slide and its speaker notes, as cards
The slide says “altered PBPs”. The detail that gets examined — which gene, which protein — is only in the notes.
Cards 1–2β-lactams bind to block , preventing peptidoglycan cross-linking.β-lactams are bactericidal.
Cards 3–4MRSA resistance is mediated by the gene encoding , which has low affinity for β-lactams.MRSA resistance is due to altered PBPs, not β-lactamase production.from the speaker notes
Click a blank to check yourself.
Real output in high-yield mode, unedited, from a five-slide test deck in our quality test set. Its title, learning-objectives and logistics slides produced no cards.
Why slides need a different approach
- Speaker notes count. The detail is often in the notes, not on the slide. We read both, in presentation order.
- Title slides skipped. Slides with almost no text start unselected, so you don't pay for “Questions?”.
- Exported as PDF instead? Drop the PDF — same flow, and you can turn any slide into an image-occlusion note.
How to turn PowerPoint slides into Anki cards
- Drop the .pptx. Slides and speaker notes are read in your browser, in presentation order. Slides with almost no text start unselected.
- Pick slides and what the cards are for. High-yield, comprehensive, compare-and-contrast or drug cards. One credit per slide; you see the total first.
- Review and download. Each card shows the slide it came from. Remove or fix what you don’t want, then download one .apkg.
Getting good cards out of lecture slides
Why the speaker notes matter
Lecturers often keep the slide itself sparse and put the explanation in the notes: the exception, the mechanism, the “this one comes up every year”. A converter that reads only the slide misses exactly that. AnkiForge reads the slide and its notes as one page, so a fact that lives only in the notes can become a card — in the example above, the MRSA card exists because of the notes alone.
Which slides to leave out
Title slides, learning objectives, “Questions?” and admin slides (quiz dates, room changes) rarely make cards worth reviewing. Slides with almost no text start unselected, and you can untick any other slide before you start; you are only charged for the slides that stay selected. When an objectives or logistics slide is sent anyway, the instructions tell the model to skip it rather than invent cards about it.
When the slide is mostly a picture
The .pptx route reads text, not images. A slide that is really a labelled diagram makes a better image-occlusion card: export the deck as a PDF (PowerPoint: File → Save As → PDF; Keynote: File → Export To → PDF; Google Slides: File → Download → PDF), drop the PDF and press “Occlude” on that page. Or take a screenshot of the diagram and paste it into the page.
Old .ppt files, Keynote and Google Slides
An old .ppt file needs to be saved as .pptx first (File → Save As in PowerPoint). From Keynote use File → Export To → PowerPoint; from Google Slides, File → Download → Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx). Speaker notes come along in both exports, so they still end up in your cards.
Card styles for slide decks
High-yield mode aims for two to five cards a slide and keeps definitions, mechanisms, first-line treatments and classic traps. Comprehensive aims for four to ten and covers every distinct statement — useful for the lectures you are examined on line by line. A slide costs one credit in every mode.
Pay per page. Start free.
30 free credits when you sign up, then packs from $4.99. 1 credit = 1 page or slide (or a notes section of up to ~3,000 characters) turned into cards, or 1 diagram scanned for labels. Failed runs are refunded and downloading is free. See all credit packs
FAQ
Does it support old .ppt files?
Not directly. Open the file in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides and save it as .pptx or export it as a PDF.
What if my slides have no speaker notes?
That’s fine. Cards are made from whatever text the slide has; the notes are an extra source when they exist.
Are the pictures on my slides used?
Not from a .pptx — only the text and speaker notes are read. To turn a slide’s diagram into an image-occlusion card, export the deck as PDF and press “Occlude” on that page, or paste a screenshot of the diagram.
What happens to my files?
Your PDF, PowerPoint or notes file is opened in your browser. Only the text of the pages you choose is sent to make cards, and only the diagrams you ask us to scan are sent for label detection. We do not keep the text, the images or the cards; your work in progress is saved only in this browser.
How much does it cost?
New accounts get 30 free credits. After that, credit packs start at $4.99. One credit is one page or slide turned into cards, or one diagram scanned for labels. If a run fails, its credits are refunded automatically. Downloading is free.