The multi-language speaking lab.
Grammar apps make you literate. Shadola makes you speak — by shadowing native speakers and scoring your own voice, free, in the browser.
Why Shadola exists
Most learners hit the same wall: years of grammar and vocabulary, yet speaking still feels stiff and accented. The missing piece is rarely more words — it’s prosody, the rhythm and intonation native speakers absorb without thinking.
Shadowing fixes that. You listen to a native speaker and repeat each sentence right after them, copying pronunciation, stress and melody. Interpreters and polyglots have used it for decades. It works — but the tools that score it well were locked in mobile apps, gated behind paywalls, and almost always English-only.
Shadola puts shadowing and honest AI pronunciation feedback on the open web, free to start, across three languages at once — with a dedicated toolkit for each and a path that ends at a real, scored exam mock.
What makes it different
Scored exam mock-tests
IELTS Speaking, HSK and TOPIK mocks with band/level scoring — built into shadowing, not bolted on.
Per-language ecosystems
A real toolkit per language: IPA & pronunciation checker (EN), stroke order & Pinyin (ZH), Hangul romanizer & verb conjugator (KO).
Free AI feedback on the web
Record a sentence in your browser and get an instant pronunciation read — no app install, no sign-up to try.
Three languages, one price
Learn English, Chinese and Korean under one account and one Pro price. Cross-learners are first-class here.
What we stand by
Basic AI feedback stays free
Listening to a native speaker and getting an honest read on your pronunciation should not sit behind a paywall. On the web, the basic score is free — forever.
Each language gets its own lab
English, Chinese and Korean each have their own tools, level scale and phonetic layer — IPA and CEFR for English, tone-colored Pinyin and HSK for Chinese, Romaja and TOPIK for Korean.
We take you to the exam
Most apps stop at “you sounded 72%.” Shadola goes all the way to a scored IELTS, HSK or TOPIK speaking mock — the part learners actually need before test day.
Your voice is yours
Audio is recorded only when you tap record, used to score that sentence, then discarded unless you opt in to keep it. We never log raw audio.
Read how we handle recordings in our Privacy Policy.
Built by Martin Mac
Solo founder, cross-border professional, and a learner of more than one of these languages himself. Shadola is the speaking tool he wanted and couldn’t find.
Read more about Martin →Hear the difference in one sentence.
Shadow a real clip and get an instant pronunciation read — free, in your browser.