The recognition vs recall distinction is a strong framing for the product. I’m curious whether users themselves describe the problem that way, or whether that’s mainly how you arrived at the idea.
It was mainly from my experience, I noticed there were certain words in english that I didn't know when I started doing crosswords extensively that through the clues and answers I had memorized - so I thought why not memorize something useful instead of Brian Eno.
That makes sense — I like that the idea came from your own experience with crosswords rather than a predefined learning framework. Have you seen any users naturally describe the same “I recognize it but can’t recall it” gap yet?
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The recognition vs recall distinction is a strong framing for the product. I’m curious whether users themselves describe the problem that way, or whether that’s mainly how you arrived at the idea.
It was mainly from my experience, I noticed there were certain words in english that I didn't know when I started doing crosswords extensively that through the clues and answers I had memorized - so I thought why not memorize something useful instead of Brian Eno.
That makes sense — I like that the idea came from your own experience with crosswords rather than a predefined learning framework. Have you seen any users naturally describe the same “I recognize it but can’t recall it” gap yet?