Given a list of words, it shuffles them and reads them back to you at a specified rate.
Julius is currently a Mac-only utility.
python julius.py adhoc sample/1.csv -p 1000
Dictates the specified file, pausing for 1 second between each phrase.
python julius.py srs sample
Dictates all files from the specified directory that are due for practice today.
python julius.py <mode> <path> [-p <value>]
mode:adhoc(single file) orsrs(multiple files, uses a spaced repetition system to aid memorisation)path: a filepath (to the file or directory to dictate)-p <value>: optional, the length of pauses between phrases (in milliseconds) - defaults to 1000, or 1 second.
After taking down each phrase file scheduled for learning today, Julius will pause and ask if you managed to write all the phrases correctly.
If you didn't, the file will get scheduled for practice on the next day.
If you did, the file will get scheduled for practice some time in the future. How far in the future exactly depends on how many times you've practiced writing down phrases from the same file successfully: you will see the same content again in 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 21, 35, 70, or 105 days.
How easy it is for us to recall something depends on how long ago we memorised it. When studying according to an SRS (spaced repetition system) schedule, you refresh your memory in increasingly larger intervals, until the information becomes fully integrated. It is vital to check the system every day, so that your backlog doesn't grow too large.
If you have a Mac, you could type say "Hello world" -r 30 -v Alex.
If you don't, there are tools online with similar functionality.
Unfortunately the effect is usually horribly creepy, as the tools
reeeeeaaaad theeeee woooords sloooowly with an electronic buzz.
So in order to un-creep myself I wrote Julius. It reads phrases at a normal speed, inserting pauses between them.