About the app

A focused app for shadowing practice

Dowing is built around a simple routine: listen to the source, repeat it and review your recording. You can start with your own material without lessons or scores.

01Text

Play sentences with a device voice

Enter up to 460 characters and choose a reading language and installed voice. Playback speed can be adjusted from 0.5x to 2x.

02Source audio

Record or import audio

Record the audio you want to practise or select a file from the Files app. Imported audio can be up to 20 MB.

03Practice

Record and listen back

Record your voice and play each attempt at your preferred speed. You can rename recordings and add important attempts to Favourites.

04Organisation

Collection and Trash

Open saved sentences and audio from your collection. Deleted items can be restored for 30 days before they are permanently removed.

Available in the current version

2Text and audio practice options
Up to 25Reading languages found on device
13Interface languages
0.5x–2xPlayback speed
20 MBMaximum imported audio size
NoneAccounts, ads or analytics

Language support

Dowing uses the voices available on your device.

Dowing checks the voices installed on your iPhone and offers up to 25 reading languages. The interface supports Korean, English, Chinese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Japanese, Khmer, Indonesian, Lao and Nepali.

Available voices and quality vary by iPhone model, iOS version, region and installed system voices.