Text stays in this browser
Pasted text and opened TXT files are processed on your device. Lesson text may be saved in your browser’s local storage so you can continue later.
Privacy
Your practice stays yours.
Japanese Shadowing is designed to work locally in your browser. You can paste text, listen, and record yourself without creating an account.
Private by default
Your Japanese text and voice recordings are not sent to a Harpd server.
Readings run locally
Japanese readings are generated in your browser using a locally downloaded dictionary. The text itself is not submitted to a reading API.
Recordings stay on device
Microphone access is requested only when you start shadowing. Recordings remain in browser memory for playback and are not uploaded.
No account required
The current product has no account, cloud lesson sync, pronunciation scoring, or server-side TTS service.
Your controls
Clear local lesson data anytime.
Use “New text” in the practice workspace to clear the current lesson. You can also remove site data through your browser settings.