is there any application or software that helps to do this ? for instance, reading dense technical documentation (like opencv or scikit-learn) or papers ? 
.<p>i currently try to approximate this process using a hap-hazard combination of emacs, org-mode and the org-drill packages. are there other better ways out there ?
.<p>Don&#x27;t say anki, because anki seems to only be good for memorizing and engaging with material that seems to have a well-defined schema (eg. vocabulary, rules of grammar, etc) but not for applying the scheme you mentioned to documents of arbitrary complexity.