Interactive pronunciation learning system

1. A method comprising:

generating for output on a first device a content item comprising dialogue;

generating for display on the first device a closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue, the closed captioning word being selectable via a user interface of the first device;

receiving a selection of the closed captioning word via the user interface of the first device;

identifying a plurality of pronunciation styles for the selected closed captioning word in a first language stored in a database;

generating for display a list of the plurality of pronunciation styles on the first device;

receiving a selection of a pronunciation style of the plurality of pronunciation styles;

retrieving an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word in the selected style; and

generating for output the audio file containing the audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word in the selected style.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving metadata of the content item, wherein the metadata of the content item comprises the dialogue and a respective timestamp corresponding to a word in the dialogue; and

retrieving the closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue from a database of a content item.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

comparing the metadata of the content item to the closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue; and

based on the comparison, determining that the at least the portion of the dialogue corresponds to the selected closed captioning word.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that temporal proximity of a first set of words in the dialogue is less than a threshold; and

in response to determining that the temporal proximity of the first set of words in the dialogue is less than the threshold, categorizing the first set of words as a first phrase.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

retrieving an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the first phrase in the first language;

receiving a selection of at least one word of the first set of words via the user interface of the first device; and

generating for output the audible pronunciation of the first phrase.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a vocal input corresponding to the selected closed captioning word; and

comparing the vocal input to the audio file containing the audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word to calculate a similarity score.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting the vocal input to a server to enable rendering of the vocal input on a second device that is different from the first device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pronunciation styles includes at least one of a standard accent, a non-standard accent, a dialect, or a slang.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the selection of the closed captioning word, pausing generating for output a video of the content item.

10. A method comprising:

generating for output on a first device a content item comprising dialogue;

generating for display on the first device a closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue, the closed captioning word being selectable via a user interface of the first device;

receiving a selection of the closed captioning word via the user interface of the first device;

identifying that the selected closed captioning word is spoken by one or more characters of the content item;

generating for display a list of one or more characters of the content item;

receiving a selection of a character of the one or more characters;

retrieving an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word spoken by the selected character; and

generating for output the retrieved audio file containing audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word spoken by the selected character.

11. A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

generate for output on a first device a content item comprising dialogue;

generate for display on the first device a closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue, the closed captioning word being selectable via a user interface of the first device;

receive a selection of the closed captioning word via the user interface of the first device;

identify a plurality of pronunciation styles for the selected closed captioning word in a first language stored in a database;

generate for display a list of the plurality of pronunciation styles on the first device;

receive a selection of a pronunciation style of the plurality of pronunciation styles;

retrieve an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word in the selected style; and

generate for output the audio file containing the audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word in the selected style.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

retrieve metadata of the content item, wherein the metadata of the content item comprises the dialogue and a respective timestamp corresponding to a word in the dialogue; and

retrieve the closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue from a database of a content item.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

compare the metadata of the content item to the closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue; and

based on the comparison, determine that the at least the portion of the dialogue corresponds to the selected closed captioning word.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine that temporal proximity of a first set of words in the dialogue is less than a threshold; and

in response to determining that the temporal proximity of the first set of words in the dialogue is less than the threshold, categorize the first set of words as a first phrase.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

retrieve an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the first phrase in the first language;

receive a selection of at least one word of the first set of words via the user interface of the first device; and

generate for output the audible pronunciation of the first phrase.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive a vocal input corresponding to the selected closed captioning word; and

compare the vocal input to the audio file containing the audible proninciation of the selected closed captioning word to calculate a similarity score.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

transmit the vocal input to a server to enable rendering of the vocal input on a second device that is different from the first device.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of pronunciation styles includes at least one of a standard accent, a non-standard accent, a dialect, or a slang.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

in response to receiving the selection of the closed captioning word, pause generating for output a video of the content item.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify that the selected closed captioning word is spoken by one or more characters of the content item;

generate for display a list of one or more characters of the content item;

receive a selection of a character of the one or more characters;

retrieve an audio file containing audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word spoken by the selected character; and

generate for output the retrieved audio file containing the audible pronunciation of the selected closed captioning word spoken by the selected character.