Pawcast is the friendly practice studio for language learners & musicians — precision A-B looping, a shadowing recorder, AI transcripts, and smart review. All offline-first, all on your device.
Pawcast — bonjour.mp3👆 Drag the A / B handles, click the waveform, or hit play — this is the real loop engine.
From the first play to fluent recall — Pawcast covers listening, imitation, understanding, and review without leaving the app.
Set point A and point B down to the millisecond, then let Pawcast loop the passage hands-free. Built for shadowers, transcribers, and musicians drilling a lick.
Shadowing mode arms your mic to the loop. Record as many takes as you like, play them back against the source, and dial in the mix between the two tracks.
Generate a word-timed transcript with Whisper, Gemini, or Groq — or upload your own. Every word is a seek point. Highlight any text and ask the AI to explain or translate it in context.
👆 Click a word to seek · click a highlighted phrase to explain it
Sentence Practice loops one line at a time with auto-advance and per-sentence recording. Your Glossary keeps every saved phrase with the audio it came from.
Jump into a focused mode that loops a single sentence, auto-advances when you're ready, and records your voice per line. Practiced sentences earn a check so you always know what's left.
Every phrase you save keeps a pointer back to the exact moment in the media. Replay the original context in one click, search your whole collection, and group by source.
Pawcast connects to your own provider keys — stored locally, never uploaded until you make a request. Mix a fast transcription engine with your favourite explanation model.
🔒 API keys are stored locally on your device · Prefer offline? Run Ollama or Local Whisper with no key at all.
Recolor the whole app with a tap, tune every playback control, and keep full ownership of your data with built-in health checks and backups.
Pawcast ships six color presets plus a custom primary color and full dark mode. Try it right here: these swatches drive the real theme tokens used across this page.
Every core action is a keystroke away.
Paste a YouTube link, drop a file, or batch-map a whole folder for structured study.
Set A-B points and generate a word-timed transcript with your chosen engine.
Record takes, tap words to seek, and ask AI to explain the tricky bits.
Save phrases to your Glossary, drill sentences, and track what you've practiced.
Download Pawcast for macOS or Windows and turn any audio into your personal language lab. No account, no cloud, no catch.
Built on Tauri 2 · Offline-first · Your data never leaves your device