# Dial Tones [:dial]

The Dial Tones command generates tones called Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF) Tones or Touch-Tones™. The Dial Tones command is a synchronous command that can be used to dial a telephone. The tone characters are 0-9, #, *, and A, B, C, D (in uppercase only). A non-tone character generates a silent interval between dialed digits. Note that white space characters (tabs, spaces) should not be used as dial tone characters.

SYNTAX: | [:dial YY]
ABBREVIATION: | none
ALTERNATE COMMAND: | none
OPTIONS: | none
PARAMETERS: | String of dial characters (0-9, A, B, C, D, #, *)
DEFAULT: | none
EXAMPLES: | [:dial 508-555-1212]

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