Shadowing Language Practice vs Mimi

Shadowing is a focused, no-frills audio player for language-shadowing practice — the technique of listening to native speech and repeating it out loud to build pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation. The app is built around three things: • Use your own MP3s. Drop a folder of audio into iCloud Drive on your computer; the app reads it directly on your iPhone. No uploads, no accounts, no servers. • Practice at your pace. Choose playback speeds from 0.5× to 2.0×. Loop a track or a whole playlist. Skip back 15 seconds with one tap. • Stay focused. The app does one thing — play audio for shadowing — without distractions. No ads, no analytics, no social features. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Bundled sample audio in three languages (English, Spanish, French) so you can try the app immediately without setup. All public-domain recordings from LibriVox. • Playlists you can reorder, rename, and add to with a swipe. • Resume playback exactly where you left off, on every track. • Background audio with full lock-screen and Control Center support. • Two home-screen widgets: a 4-tile recent-playlists view and a small one-tap favorite-playlist tile. PRIVACY The app does not collect, track, or transmit any user data. All playlists, preferences, and playback state are stored on your device. Audio content from your folders stays in your iCloud Drive — the app never uploads it. See the privacy policy at: https://yudataguy.github.io/shadowing-app/privacy-policy WHO IT'S FOR Language learners practicing shadowing. Anyone who wants a clean, fast way to play a focused set of MP3s — podcasts, audiobook excerpts, pronunciation drills, dialogue clips — without an algorithmic library shoving content at them.

"I know the grammar, but I freeze when I speak." Mimi is for exactly those people. Instead of passively watching, you take a clip from a YouTube video you actually care about and actively listen, rebuild, and speak it — shadowing until English lives in your mouth, not just your notes. ■ Your own videos Import any YouTube video, clip a 1-30s segment, loop it. Split it sentence-by-sentence and master one line at a time. ■ Listen — dictation Hide the transcript, type what you hear. See exactly what your ear dropped. ■ Order — think in English Tap English chunks into English word order — a Korean-style order literally will not fit. ■ Produce — say it for real Read a real situation, type your English answer, compare to a model. ■ AI breakdown per clip Literal translation, key expressions, vocabulary, prepositions — every segment, fully unpacked. ■ Review (SRS) Meet what you learned again right before you would forget it. Stop letting English wash over you. Your videos, your voice.