11. An apparatus for relaying a call between a telephone device for the deaf (TDD) and other users, comprising: means for automatically prompting a TDD caller for calling information; means for receiving caller entered prose calling information; means for automatically analyzing the received prose calling information in a language-identifying parsing routine for parsing prose; means for automatically selecting a communication assistant capable of using a language identified in the analyzing means; and automatically routing the call to the selected communication assistant.
17. An apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising means responsive to said received prose calling information for entering data into a billing record with at least one of a forwarding number, a billing number, a credit card number, and a calling number.