Setup Guide

Set up your Memra One

Pick your device and your app. About two minutes.

1. What are you studying on?

2. Which app?

First, pair the remote

AX BY B button Home button the house icon
  1. First time on a new device: hold Home + B together until the edge light flashes, then release. The remote is now discoverable.
  2. Open Bluetooth settings on your device and connect to “Xbox Wireless Controller”. That is the remote.
  3. Every time after that: just press Home. It powers on and reconnects to the last device automatically.
Adding a second device later? Use Home + B again. Pairing mode is what lets a new device find it.

Quizlet on Windows or Mac

Quizlet runs through our free browser extension. It only loads on Quizlet and YouTube, and it collects nothing.

  1. Install the Memra extension for Chrome or Edge.
  2. Open your Quizlet set and click Flashcards.
  3. If the set was already open, reload the tab once.
  4. Press a button. That is it, there is nothing to configure.
Get the Memra extension

What the buttons do

  • Y Flip card
  • B Know (next card)
  • X Still learning

On YouTube the same buttons play/pause and skip 5 seconds, so lecture videos work too.

Anki on Windows or Mac

Anki uses our own add-on, installed from inside Anki itself.

  1. Open Anki and go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons...
  2. Paste the code 1449941583 and click OK.
  3. Restart Anki.
  4. Start reviewing a deck and press a button.

What the buttons do

  • Y Show Answer, then Good
  • B Again
  • X Hard
  • A Easy
  • R Undo
  • D-pad Up / Down to move through the deck list, Left to go back

AnkiMobile on iPhone or iPad

AnkiMobile has gamepad support built in, so there is usually nothing to set up. Pair the remote and start reviewing. If you want to change what a button does, here is where:

Anki decks screen, gear icon top right1. Open Anki, tap the gear at the top right
Preferences menu with Review highlighted2. Preferences → Review
Review settings with Gamepads highlighted3. Scroll down to Gamepads
Gamepad button mapping screen4. Set each button. Done.
The defaults already match the Memra layout: A Show Answer / Good, B Again, X Easy, Y Hard. Only change these if you want something different.

Quizlet on iPhone or iPad

Quizlet's iOS app has no gamepad support, so we use iOS Switch Control instead. It takes a few minutes once, then it works every time. Do this after the remote is paired.

Part 1: create a switch for each button

iOS Settings with Accessibility highlighted1. Settings → Accessibility
Accessibility menu with Switch Control highlighted2. Switch Control
Switch Control menu with Switches highlighted3. Switches
Switches list with Add New Switch4. Add New Switch...
Switch source list with External highlighted5. Source: External
Activate your external switch prompt6. Press the button on the remote you want to use
Naming the new switch7. Name it after the button (Y, B, X) and Save
Actions list with Select Item at the top8. Choose Select Item as the action
Repeat steps 4 to 8 for all three buttons. When you are done, your Switches list should show B, X and Y, each set to Select Item.

Part 2: build the Quizlet recipe

Switch Control menu with Recipes highlighted9. Back to Switch Control → Recipes
Recipes list with Create New Recipe10. Create New Recipe...
New Recipe named Quizlet with Assign a Switch11. Name it Quizlet, then Assign a Switch...
Switch picker showing B, X and Y12. Pick one of the switches you just made
Action list with Tap Middle of Screen and swipe options13. Choose what it should do
Finished recipe with all three switches assigned14. All three assigned, like this

The mapping that matches Quizlet:

  • Y → Tap Middle of Screen  (flip the card)
  • B → Left to Right Swipe  (Know)
  • X → Right to Left Swipe  (Still learning)

Part 3: turn it on

Recipes screen showing Launch Recipe set to Quizlet15. In Recipes, set Launch Recipe to Quizlet
Switch Control on, confirming the Quizlet recipe is active16. Turn Switch Control on. You will see the Quizlet recipe confirmation.
Accessibility Shortcut list with Switch Control tickedTip. Add Switch Control to your Accessibility Shortcut to toggle it with a triple-click

Open Quizlet, go into full screen flashcard mode, and you are fully hands free.

Remember to turn Switch Control off when you are done with the remote. While it is on it changes how the whole phone responds to taps.

If something is not working

  • It will not pair: charge it for 30 minutes first, then hold Home + B until the light flashes. If it was paired to another device before, forget it there first.
  • Buttons do nothing: reload the tab (browser) or restart the app. If it still does nothing, the remote may be in a different mode: hold Home + B and reconnect.
  • It went to sleep: it sleeps after 5 minutes idle. Press Home to wake it.

Still stuck? Email support@memrastudy.com and a person will answer.