Shadowing Language Practice vs Speak Shakespeare

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.

Read one of Shakespeare's sonnets aloud and see which words you pronounced correctly and which ones need another try. Speak Shakespeare is an English pronunciation app for iPhone, with all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets to practice reading aloud. First, listen to a line. Then read it aloud yourself. The app listens to your voice and marks each word as correct, almost correct, or incorrect. Play back your recording and compare it with the reference reading. HOW CAN I CHECK IF MY PRONUNCIATION IS CORRECT? The app uses AI speech recognition to check your pronunciation word by word and show you which words to try again. A line is complete when the app marks every word as correct. You can also listen to your recording and the reference reading to hear the difference for yourself. SHADOWING WITH SHAKESPEARE Shadowing means listening to a voice and repeating after it. Every sonnet has a reference reading, so you can listen to a line, say it yourself, and compare the two recordings. AT YOUR OWN PACE Work line by line or stanza by stanza. You can retry a line as often as you like, with no penalty for mistakes. WHO IT IS FOR English learners who want to practice pronunciation with a complete text instead of isolated drills. Fluent English speakers who want to practice diction by reading poetry aloud, listening back, and comparing their reading with a reference. Readers who want to hear Shakespeare's sonnets and read them aloud themselves. People who already practice shadowing and want a reference reading for every sonnet. THE SONNETS All 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, each with an audio reference reading. Some sonnets are available from the start. A one-time purchase unlocks the rest permanently, with no subscription. The app's interface is available in English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.