Speak Shakespeare: Shadowing

About

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 trainer built like a language lab around Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. First, listen to the narrator read a line. Then read it aloud yourself. The app listens to your voice and shows whether each word was pronounced correctly, almost correctly, or incorrectly. You can then play back your recording and compare it with the narrator's. HOW CAN I CHECK IF MY PRONUNCIATION IS CORRECT? Is there an AI tool that can check my pronunciation? This is one: AI speech recognition gives every word you read its own verdict, so you know exactly which word to work on. A line counts only when every word in it is pronounced correctly: almost correct is not enough. You can also listen to your recording and the narrator's to hear the difference for yourself. SHADOWING ON A REAL TEXT Shadowing means listening to a voice and repeating after it. Every sonnet has a narrator's reading, so you can start right away. AT YOUR OWN PACE Work line by line or stanza by stanza. You can retry a line with no penalty for mistakes. Your score shows how much material you have mastered, not the time you spent or the number of attempts. Comparing your results with other readers is up to you. WHO IT IS FOR English learners who want to practice pronunciation with a complete text instead of isolated drills. Readers who want to hear Shakespeare's sonnets and read them aloud themselves. People who already practice shadowing and want a steady text with a reference reading for every sonnet. THE SONNETS All 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, each with audio of a narrator's 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.