How to use Free Shadowing

Practice English by shadowing real YouTube speech — listen, repeat, and get a score.

1. Add a video

Open the app and tap Add YouTube video.
Paste a YouTube URL, then open the episode.
Tap Prepare shadow segments (needs captions / CC on the video).

Tip: Prefer videos with lots of clear conversation and English captions turned on. Music-heavy clips, silent footage, or videos with captions disabled won’t prepare well. Auto-generated captions work, but may occasionally mis-hear fillers like “um” or merge lines.

2. Practice a segment

Tap a segment in the list.
Play the clip, then Record yourself saying the same line.
Tap Finish & score for pronunciation feedback.

3. Review your score

Word chips show weak spots — tap a word to drill it.
Compare Original voice with Your recording.
Colored numbers on the episode list show your best score so far (green ≥85, amber ≥55, red below).
Tap a scored segment again to reopen your last score — you don’t have to re-record unless you want to.

Windows install notes

Download the zip from the site, unzip it, and run podcast_shadow.exe.
Windows may show SmartScreen the first time (unsigned beta). Choose More info → Run anyway if you trust the download from silverla.co.
You can pin the exe to the taskbar or create your own desktop shortcut.

Need help?

Email supernovazyg@gmail.com