SEA Flash

Utility to generate flashcards for analysis of SE Asia languages

Outputs to HTML which can then be printed to PDF.

Sample Flashcard for "Sky"

Configuration File

Required

config.json file in the same directory. This handles configuration for generating flashcards. Sample config.json file with Windows pathing:

{
  "lwc" : "Burmese",
  "wordlist": "C:\\src\\sea-flash\\EFEO-CNRS-SOAS Word List.tsv",
  "images" : {
    "directory": "./images",
    "defaultSize": [240, 240]
  },
  "startUID": 1,
  "endUID": 50,
  "cardsPerAccordion": 200
}

config.json fields

The config.json file should have the following fields:

lwc Required

: Language name in the wordlist to use for LWC (language of wider communication) fields in the flashcards

wordlist Required

: [path to SEA wordlist, which is tab-separated values]

images Required

: Object containing the following info:

directory Required

: [path to images folder]

Images follow the naming convention of bw (black/white) or c (color) followed by 4-digit UID number.

Can be .jpg or .png

For example: bw0001.jpg corresponds a black&white image for word of UID 1

Recommend using a directory of freely distributable images from The Art of Reading under the Creative Commons license.

defaultSize Required

: Default image pixel sizes in the flash cards (width, height)

startUID Optional

: Optional start UID for generating flashcards. If not given, will be 1.

endUID Optional

: Optional end UID for last flashcard. If not given, will be something like 50.

cardsPerAccordion Optional

: Optional number of flashcards to orgranize by accordion group. The accordion group defaults to collapsed, and can be expanded. If not given, will be 250. This cannot be larger than endUID.

Pre-requisites and Usage

Install the current LTS of nodejs.

Install the dependencies with

npm install

Compile the project with

npm run build

Run the project with

node dist/index.js

This will generate an "[lwc] flashcards.htm" file which Google Chrome can then print to PDF.