How to Turn Book Highlights into Spaced Repetition Flashcards

We often highlight striking passages with the best intentions, only to let them sit untouched on our virtual shelves. Weeks later, the sharp clarity of an author's argument has faded into a vague impression. Highlighting alone is passive; memory requires active retrieval.

GemReader bridges the gap between leisurely reading and durable learning. With a single tap on any highlight, you can generate a flashcard scheduled by the modern FSRS-5 algorithm. Because the card remains anchored to its exact chapter and paragraph, you can always revisit the surrounding context whenever your memory needs refreshing.

Before creating your first study card, make sure you have:

• **Platforms**: GemReader installed on your device (Android or iOS). • **Prerequisites**: At least one saved highlight in an open book or inside Library Gems. • **Connection**: 100% offline (flashcard generation and scheduling run entirely on your device with no accounts required).

1. Open any book in GemReader and tap on an existing highlight (or highlight a sentence by dragging across the text). 2. In the annotation menu that appears, tap the quote icon to open **Cite or study**. 3. Choose how you want to study the passage: - **Add to deck**: Saves the passage directly as an active recall card. - **Make a cloze card**: Opens the cloze editor where you can tap specific words to hide them. 4. When creating a standard card, you can attach an optional note to serve as a question or retrieval prompt. 5. Tap **Add to deck**. A confirmation announces **Added to review deck**, and the card is scheduled into your active study deck.

• **One-Tap Context Retrieval**: When reviewing cards later during study sessions, tap to reveal context to view the surrounding sentences from the original book chapter. • **Creating Cards from Library Gems**: You can also create cards while reviewing past highlights in **Library Gems** without opening each book individually. • **Anchor Memories to Sources**: Because every card remembers its parent book, your study cards form an indexed memory trail of your entire reading life.