1. A method of conducting an automated, telephonic, speaker-independent speech recognition application, comprising: making telephonic contact with a respondent; presenting the respondent with at least one introductory speech-generated prompt requesting an audio response from the respondent to initially determine whether the respondent understands how to interact with the automated, telephonic, speaker-independent speech recognition application; determining an interaction capability of the respondent, wherein determining an interaction capability of the respondent includes determining that a number of out-of-bounds responses, provided by the respondent, exceed a predetermined threshold; utilizing an automated, speaker-independent speech recognition algorithm to analyze the audio response given by the respondent to the introductory speech-generated prompt; and based on the audio response, adapting the speech recognition application to the interaction capability by; providing branches for providing examples or practice sessions, wherein error counts are used as a variable to direct branching.