Automated system, method, and computer-readable medium for enabling at
least one given caller, who may be either a hearing caller or a hearing-impaired
caller, to access functionality associated with at least one resource, such as
via a telephone number made available to both hearing callers and hearing-impaired
callers. The automated systems can comprise at least one computer-based subsystem
adapted at least to receive a call from the given caller; issue at least a first
prompt in a first format that requests at least a first response; receive a response
after issuing the prompt and the at least further prompt; and route the call so
as to provide the given caller access to the at least one resource depending on
an analysis of the response. The system can include platforms (specialized or standard)
for handling transactions with either the hearing caller or the hearing-impaired
caller. Methods and computer-readable media for executing these methods are also disclosed.