How to talk through a flashcard with an AI voice tutor
Spaced repetition tells you whether you remembered a card, not why the answer is true. Here is how Loudwalk’s spoken 'deep dive' lets you pause a walk, question a card out loud with live web fact-checking, and resume your queue without changing your FSRS grade.
Key takeaways
- Open mid-walk or on screen: say 'tell me more' or just ask your question after a verdict on a walk, or tap the speech-bubble button on any text card on screen.
- Anchored to your card and your history: the teacher knows the card’s question and answer, whether it is new to you, your past wrong answers, and any previous conversations on that card.
- Never distorts your schedule: a deep dive is a conversation, not a review — your FSRS-6 grade and due date come solely from your review answer.
Disclosure: This guide is published by Loudwalk (iOS 26 or later and Apple silicon Mac · macOS 26 or later). Free and built-in Anki methods are covered first with links to Anki’s official manuals. Loudwalk is independent of Anki and is not affiliated with Ankitects.
When a flashcard’s back isn’t enough
Good flashcards are atomic: one short question, one short answer. That makes them fast to review, but it creates a familiar problem on a walk: you get a card wrong — or you get it right by rote — and you realize you don’t remember why the fact is true, how two similar terms differ, or what happened around that date.
In a traditional flashcard app, your only option is to stop walking, pull out your phone, open a browser or chat app, type out the context of the card, read the explanation, and then try to get back into your review flow.
How a spoken deep dive works in Loudwalk
In Loudwalk, any text card can become a live spoken conversation with the teacher (hear a real recorded deep dive on the home page):
- Start by voice mid-walk: After the tutor grades your card, say “tell me more” (or “on creuse” in French), or simply ask your question out loud. When you miss a card, the teacher can also offer to talk it through (at most twice per walk), or you can say “keep it for the end” to save it for after your last card.
- Start from any card on screen: Tap the round speech-bubble button on the answer side of a card on your iPhone or Mac. (Note: deep dives are not offered on pure image occlusion cards where the teacher has no text to anchor to.)
- Full card context + persistent memory: The teacher already knows the card’s question and answer, whether the card is new to you, and the wrong answers you have given it in the past. Every conversation is saved locally on your devices with that card, so the next time you open a deep dive on the same card, she picks up where you left off.
- Live web fact-checking: She stays anchored to your card’s answer, and when you ask about a specific fact beyond the card — such as an exact date or which museum holds a painting today — she checks the web while talking.
Normal spoken review vs. live deep dive
| Aspect | Spoken Card Review (Walk Loop) | Live Deep Dive Conversation |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Test active recall and update your FSRS-6 schedule | Understand why, connect concepts, and resolve confusion |
| Affects card grade? | Yes — sets Again, Hard, Good, or Easy | Never — grades and due dates are untouched |
| Where speech is processed | On device (Apple SpeechAnalyzer); audio never leaves device | Live voice call to OpenAI via Loudwalk’s server while open |
| How to exit | Automatic after verdict | Say “next”, goodbye, press AirPods, or silence (20s mid-walk / 60s on screen) |
| Time allowance | 2,000 cards/mo on Walking; Unlimited on Unlimited | 30 min/mo on Walking (20m screen / 5m walk); Unlimited on Unlimited |
Allowances and time limits
Because a live voice conversation streams bidirectional audio to a frontier voice model every second it is open, Loudwalk keeps its time rules explicit:
- Free trial (7 days, no card): Includes 150 graded spoken reviews and 5 minutes of deep dive.
- Loudwalk Walking ($9.99/mo or $89/yr US · €11.99/mo or €99/yr Europe): Includes 30 minutes of deep dive per month. A single conversation runs up to 20 minutes when opened from a card on screen, and up to 5 minutes when opened mid-walk so the walk gets you back to your cards.
- Loudwalk Unlimited ($99/mo US · €99/mo France): Unlimited deep dives on screen and during a walk, with no monthly conversation time allowance.
Frequently asked questions
Does opening a deep dive change my card’s grade or FSRS interval?
Never. In Loudwalk, a conversation is strictly separate from a review. Your grade (Again, Hard, Good, or Easy) and your FSRS-6 due date are determined by your review answer alone.
What happens if I ask about a specific date, museum, or detail not written on the card?
When a precise external fact matters — such as a date or where a painting hangs today — the teacher checks it on the web in real time while speaking with you.
What is the privacy difference between a normal voice review and a deep dive?
During normal spoken card reviews, speech-to-text happens locally on your iPhone or Mac and your voice recording never leaves your device. A deep dive is a live voice call: while the conversation is open, your live audio and the card go to OpenAI through our server, and neither the audio nor the transcript is retained on our servers.
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