朗語 is a native Android app for language shadowing and choursing practice. It brings local media playback, YouTube import, subtitle timing, dictionary lookup, and voice recording feedback into one study-focused player.
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- Local audio and video library with progress tracking, search, filters, recordings, and subtitle status.
- VLC-backed playback for common audio and video formats, including M4B audiobook metadata and cover art.
- In-app YouTube browsing plus sharing/import with selectable quality and optional automatic subtitles.
- Subtitle controls for delay adjustment, custom subtitle import, embedded subtitle toggling, and language selection.
- Shadowing mode with recording playback, original audio playback, repeat segments, waveform comparison, and visual feedback.
- Built-in dictionary workflow with Yomitan-style dictionary import, language-aware lookup, and pitch dictionary support.
- Settings for themes, accent colors, target language, noise cancellation, skip buttons, subtitle offset, and YouTube quality.
- Crash reporting that saves the last crash details for later diagnosis.
- Open the latest release.
- Download the APK that matches your device architecture.
- Most modern Android phones use
app-arm64-v8a-release.apk. - Android emulators may need
x86orx86_64.
- Most modern Android phones use
- Install the APK on your Android device.
- Open 朗語 and add local media, or share a YouTube link into the app.
For Windows, download Rougo-<version>.exe or Rougo-<version>.msi from the same release. The Windows installer bundles VLC, FFmpeg, yt-dlp, and noise-suppression assets.
- Android Studio
- JDK 21
- Android SDK 36
- Android NDK for the native dictionary module
git clone https://github.com/kaihouguide/rougo.git
cd rougo
./gradlew :app:assembleReleaseRelease APKs are generated under:
app/build/outputs/apk/release/
The Windows port lives in windows/ and includes a Compose Desktop app plus bundled media tooling for installer builds. See windows/README.md for setup, run, package, data migration, and platform-difference notes.
GitHub Actions builds release APKs and Windows installers from version tags such as V2.7.7. Published releases include separate APKs for arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, and x86_64, plus Windows .exe and .msi installers.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for details.
I will always be thankful for Manhhao and Nautics for giving me a chance to make this app a reality.
Pull requests and help with the app are always appreciated.