Watch YouTube.
Learn the words.
Bilingual subtitles on any English video. Tap a line, keep it as a card, and it comes back right before you’d forget it. No Anki, no manual labor.
Run it yourself
Watch a real clip go through the real pipeline. The cards it makes are its actual output. No sign-up, nothing to install.
interview-with-glen.mp4
English · 0:46
Free · no sign-up · see it make cards
"Interview with a Teacher – Glen Caruso" by Chase Bohanon & Glen Caruso, via Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 (public domain).
Size, style, language — tune the overlay to taste.
Bring Piccard to YouTube
The Chrome extension adds bilingual subtitles to any English video and word lookup to every page — and every card lands in your deck.
- Works on any English YouTube video — 中文 · Español · Français · Deutsch · 日本語 · 한국어
- Offline dictionaries. Word lookup on any page, with zero permissions.
- Tap any subtitle line to save it as a card, at the exact video moment.
Free, like the rest of Piccard.
However it comes in
A video. A webpage. A PDF. A photo of a menu. Cards come out the other side.
Articles and PDFs
Drop in a chapter. Piccard proposes the words worth learning — you confirm, it builds the complete cards.
Select a word, any webpage
Double-click anything you’re reading. The definition appears — offline, no permissions asked. One click saves the card.
Or paste it. Or photograph it.
A paragraph, a sign, a menu. The shortest route from text to cards.
Your world is the textbook
Other apps give you someone else’s word list. Piccard learns from the life you’re actually living.
Every card remembers where it came from
Replay the exact film frame, podcast second, or book line a word was born in. Context is what makes a word stick — so the source is never thrown away.
Save words where you find them
The Chrome extension turns YouTube and any webpage into a card dispenser.
Reviews timed to your memory
Each card comes back right before you’d forget it — so you remember more with less effort.
Every card is complete
Translation. Pronunciation. Phonetics. Example sentence. One photo, one card — everything you need to actually use the word.
Choose your language
中文 · Español · Français · Deutsch · 日本語 · 한국어
Syncs across devices
Snap on your phone during lunch. Review on your laptop at home.
Pay only for what you use
Start with free energy. Top up anytime — it never expires.
Starter
- 150 free energy when you sign up
- 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%)
Good questions
No! Piccard works entirely in your browser on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop. You can install it as a PWA for quick access, but no app store required.
Anything with text — street signs, restaurant menus, textbook pages, product labels, newspaper headlines. If you can photograph it, Piccard can learn from it.
Spaced repetition brings cards back right before you’d forget them. The same science behind Anki, but your cards build themselves from photos.
Yes! Your cards and review progress sync automatically across all your devices via your account. Start on your phone, continue on your laptop.
English paired with Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Korean. Switch between them anytime.
Yes! Every new account gets 150 free energy — enough for a few videos, PDFs, or hundreds of cards. Top up with energy packs ($5/$10/$20) only when you want more. Energy never expires.
Still have questions? Email support@piccard.app
Your first flashcard is 10 seconds away
Open your browser, photograph a word, start learning.
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