Enkiplate puts Japanese practice cards on a desk display
Peter Hraska’s Enkiplate shows Japanese practice cards on Inkplate 4TEMPERA, a display with a paper-like appearance. You could guess a word’s meaning, tap to reveal the answer and rate your recall to help schedule another review. A companion computer must remain awake and reachable for fresh cards.
A word card, a tap revealing its answer, and a recall rating that changes the next review time.
View full-size imageThe display and computer share the work
The computer prepares cards and review times; the display presents a card and returns your answer. Spaced repetition means revisiting material at separate times, giving forgotten items more attention. Up to 16 complete cards are cached locally, rather than the whole dictionary.
Current limits
Hackaday covered the project on 26 October. The creator’s notes record physical checks on 4TEMPERA on 24 October, but battery life remains unmeasured. The host has been tested on macOS; Windows is currently unsupported, and other Inkplate models need changes to the device software. Original code uses the MIT licence; dictionary data and fonts retain separate licences.