The add-on requires a field called Audio, or that contains the word Audio, to put the downloaded data.

While adding or renaming fields in Anki isn’t too hard, a short guide might be helpful.

Step one: Try

Anki with a card shown and the mouse pointing to the menu item Edit/Media/Manual audio.
When reviewing, activate the Edit/Media/Manual audio menu.

When you downloaded a shared deck that already has some audio data, it may work without any change. Start reviewing the new deck. On the first card, try the menu item Edit/Media/Manual audio.

Dialog window with text starting Requests to send to the download sites
When you get this, dialog, the add-on will go fetch.

When a dialog with Requests to send to the download sites and with the right word in the edit box appears you are in luck and your model already works with this add-on.

Anki with a card shown and a message reading nothing to download
When you get this, you need to add an audio field.

Before you go on

Adding fields or changing field names requires a full upload of the collection. Make sure you sync before you do this.

When you learn with mobile devices or with AnkiWeb, sync on these remote clients first. Then sync your desktop client. Only then start checking the field list.

Checking the field list

When the download test didn’t work, you should click on the Edit button in the bottom left.

Edit current window with fields Front and Back. Edit current window with fields Französisch, Deutsch ...
Candidates for downloading are the first field or the field named Französisch.

Take a look at the field list and decide for which field or fields you would like to download data.

Then click on the Fields… button.

Adding an audio field

In the Fields for NN dialog, click on Add

Add for the first field

Dialog with text Field name: and input text Audio.
Here we want to download for the first field

When you want to download for the first field, just type Audio for the new field name. Then click OK.

Add for other field

Anki review window with a picture of a bird in the first field and the word l'oiseau in the second field. That word and the field name Back are marked. To the right a dialog with the field names. The word Back is marked. Below a dialog. Text: Field name. Text input: Back Audio. The word Back is marked.
Look for what you want to download, then use that field’s name in the new field.

Alternatively, when the field you want to download for is not the first field, you should use that field’s name, followed by Audio. Then click OK here, too.

In the example, sending pictures of birds to GoogleTTS would not work. So we look for interesting text in the Edit Current window: l’oiseau, marked in red with a 1 in the image. That text is in the field named Back (blue 2). That field name appears again in the Fields for NN dialog (blue 3). Use this field name together with the word Audio as the new field name. In this case, use Back Audio. (blue 4)

The warning

Dialog with text The requested change will require a full upload of the database when you next synchronize your collection. If you have reviews or other changes waiting on another device that haven't been synchronized here yet, they will be lost. Continue?
Read and decide.

At this point, a warning dialog may appear. If you are not sure about this, click No, sync changes from remote devices to this collection and do the steps above again. If you are sure, click Yes.

More fields

You can add more than one audio field to download from more than one source field by repeating the Add for other field step.

Rename fields

Anki review window. Text: Übersetzen Ja, mein Herr. Oui monsieur. 00906. Below, a dialog window. Text: Requests send to the download sites ID 00906
No Sir. I do not want to learn to pronounce 00906.

When the test above tried to download from a wrong field, you have to rename the audio field. Doing this is similar to adding an audio field.

On the left: Window with a list of fields with their content, ID:00906, Französisch:Oui, monsieur, Deutsch: Ja, mein Herr and Audio:sound:00906.mp3. Französisch is marked in blue, Oui, monsieur in red and Audio in yellow. To the right a dialog with the field names. Französisch is marked in blue, Audio is selected and marked in yellow. Below a dialog. Text: New name. Text input: Französisch Audio. Französisch is marked in blue, Audio in yellow.
Change the name of the field Audio. Add the name of the source field to the name.
  • Start reviewing.
  • From the main window, click the Edit button in the bottom left.
  • Look at the field list:
    • There should be a field named Audio or Sound. (yellow in the image)
    • Identify the interesting text (Oui monsieur., red). Note the field name (Französisch, blue)
  • Click the Fields… button
  • The two field names, (Französisch and Audio), appear in the list and are marked in blue and yellow.
  • Click on Audio to select the field.
  • Then click the Rename button.
  • As the new name, add the other field’s name to the old name. (Französisch Audio or Audio Französisch, either will work.)
  • Click OK. The warning may pop up.

Go back

When you are finished with setting up the fields, simply click Close in the Fields for NN dialog and Close again in the Edit Current dialog.