Pre-Paid Phone Cards

[John Chamberlain]

So I bought this pre-paid phone card (2.9 cents a minute!) thinking I could write a script that would auto dial the required numbers. Problem is, you have to dial an 800 number, wait for an answer, and then enter the nine digit authorization number on the card. Dial Phone script step does not work if there is no dial tone.

Anyone know how to do this?

TIA

[McCormick]

If you knew how long to wait, you could add a preset pause. If you knew roughly how long to wait, you could still do it - the computer will probably tolerate a few seconds of delay before hearing your authorization numbers.

[John Chamberlain]

The problem is this - I can put in an 8 second pause, but the second Dial Phone step will not execute because there is no dial tone. Is there a different script command that will generate the tones for the card number?

[BobWeaver]

I think McCormick meant to put a pause right in the dial phone step. Putting comma in the dial string usually adds a 1 second pause. So, 8 commas would give you 8 seconds. Like so:

"18001234567,,,,,,,,,999888777666"

[John Chamberlain]

Works perfect with only 4 commas - thaks a lot!

[McCormick]

Thanks, Bob!