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Re:The number input is the worst input by sshine on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:36PM (#32858784)
> should I just let my laptop output the dtmf tones?

Yes. Depending on your OS, it might even have the sound files:

https://osxdaily.com/2016/03/31/play-dtmf-tones-mac/

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Re:The number input is the worst input by jbverschoor on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:55PM (#32858958)
Cool!, but that doesn't include ABCD.

https://pbxbook.com/other/dtmftone.html does. I'll try a company I know takes at least 40 minutes usually :

Also, something that annoys me about VOIP is that they don't take into account the different tones in different regions. Here in the Netherlands we use 425Hz fo dial tone etc. It always feels very emulated because it's a different tone.

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