Learn vocabularyfrom YouTube.
Bilingual subtitles on the videos you watch: English with Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, or German, both directions. Tap a line, make the cards in one click — meaning, example sentence, pronunciation — and each one returns right before you’d forget it.
From the bilingual panel into Piccard — one line becomes several candidate cards.
Free. No credit card needed.
From YouTube to flashcards
The loop closes itself: what you watch becomes what you review.
Watch with bilingual subtitles
The Chrome extension overlays your language on the video you’re watching — every line, synced to the second.
Tap a line. Keep the cards.
One tap sends the line to Piccard. One click makes the cards — meaning, example sentence, pronunciation on each. Keep what’s worth keeping, discard the rest.
Review comes back to you
FSRS spaced repetition schedules every card to return right before you’d forget it — and each one replays the exact YouTube moment it came from.
Other ways in
- Already have a word list? Bring it →
- Double-click a word on the web — an offline definition appears, and Piccard makes the card in one more click.
Bring your own list
The videos are one way in. Most of the words you actually need are already sitting somewhere — a textbook chapter, an exam word list, a lecture recording. Paste it, drop it, or upload it: Piccard proposes the cards, and you keep the ones worth learning.
Paste the text
A textbook page, an article, the word list you already have. Paste it and the proposed cards come back — select all, or keep the ones worth learning. Up to 20 cards per confirm.
Drop a PDF
Course material, exam word lists, reading packets — a PDF runs through the same proposal. Cards laid out, you tick, one confirm.
Upload audio or video
A lecture or podcast recording in English, up to 90 minutes, gets transcribed — then every phrase carries a 0–100 worth-learning score (your learning goal counts) and the keepers arrive pre-checked. Audio in the language you’re learning — English lectures if English is your target.
Free. No credit card needed.
Pay only for what you use
Start with free energy. Top up anytime — it never expires.
Starter
- 150 free energy when you sign up
- Text cards included; AI image cards are a paid feature
- Switch languages anytime
- Full spaced repetition
- Works on any device
- Cloud sync included
Top-up packs
- 1 energy ≈ 1 text card
- $5 — 500 energy
- $10 — 1,200 energy (+20%)
- $20 — 2,700 energy (+35%)
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Every new account gets 150 free energy, enough for a few videos, PDFs, or about 150 cards. Top up with energy packs ($5/$10/$20) only when you want more. Energy never expires.
Both are good tools with a gap between them: Language Reactor shows subtitles but saving words means exporting and importing into Anki, and Anki itself takes real setup — you build every card yourself. Piccard closes that gap. Tap a subtitle line and the cards are already made — meaning, example sentence, pronunciation — keep what’s worth keeping, discard the rest, and FSRS-6, the newer scheduler Anki also offers, does the scheduling. And on longer imports, every phrase is scored 0–100 for how much it’s worth learning — one-line reason on hover, your learning goal in the mix — so you’re never left guessing which words deserve your time. No config, no export/import bridge.
No. The extension is lightweight — it adds its own subtitle panel over the video and never edits YouTube itself. If you ever want it gone, one click removes everything. It also works without an account.
A scheduling algorithm decides when each card should come back — early while it’s fresh, later as it settles into long-term memory. Piccard runs FSRS-6, the newest generation of the science behind Anki, and your cards come from what you watch and read.
한국어 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 came first; Spanish, French, and German followed. Every pair runs both directions — Japanese for English speakers, English for Japanese speakers, and so on. Switch between them anytime.
Yes — that’s the fastest way in. Paste the text or drop the PDF and Piccard proposes the cards (up to 20 at a time): meaning, example sentence, pronunciation on each. Lecture recordings work too — upload the audio, it’s transcribed, and each phrase is scored 0–100 for how much it’s worth learning.
Still have questions? Email support@piccard.app
Your first flashcard is one YouTube video away
Watch something. Tap a line. Make the card — it comes back before you forget it.
No credit card needed. 150 energy included.