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User Analysis
We find that flashcards are useful to a variety of user groups, including students, actors, travelers, musicians, exam-takers, etc. The different user groups may use different input methods, or structure their flashcard use differently. Within potentially the largest user group, students, different students require different types of input.
Inputs can vary from languages (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, etc.) to organic chemistry compounds to works of art to mathematical equations.
Different users often also organize their flashcards differently. It may be useful to a foreign language or organic chemistry student to organize cards into categories first to help memorize the information before shuffling. Conversely, actors may want to keep the cards in order.
Users may also want varying degrees of information and various formatting of cards. A traveler may only be looking to study basic words and would want to keep the cards relatively simple. Students and exam-takers may want mnemonic devices or notes to make memorizing easier. Actors may want cues/notes to help them reach a particularly difficult-to-remember line. Art history majors may want several categories including work name, artist, date, and time period.