Pasting number strings in a phone dialer

Questions and Help
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Hi,
We dial a ton of 9 and 10 digit numbers. It just dawned on me that Text Blaze might be able to paste the digits one by one to save us a bunch of time typing.

If we copy a number say 123456789
Can use Text Blaze to render it as 1 wait 2 wait 3 wait 4 wait 5 wait etc?

Thanks!
Eoin

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Hey Dr. Eoin,

Yes, you can do that with the code below. Please keep in mind that the number must be copied so its in your clipboard.

Two things to note: Text Blaze can get information from websites automatically using the {site} command, so you may not even need to copy it manually!

You may need to wait for the digits to enter for a specific reason, but I would also test if inserting them all at once doesn't work, as it often does in most sites.

{digits=splitregex({clipboard}, "")}{repeat: for digit in digits}{=digit}{wait: delay=+0.1s}{endrepeat}

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Hi @Dr_Eoin_Gregory What program are you using to dial? Google Voice?

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Thanks Obed!
This is much prettier than I came up with.

It pastes, unfortunately, it's not actually triggering the DTMF (touch) tones like you would get if it was an actual "key" press from the keyboard in the apps I tried so far.

I've tried it with
Phone.com - it won't paste on the web app, but it will on the windows app, unfortunately, it won't trigger the tones.

Zoom phone, can't use a non numeric key or "place" a cursor.

Micro Sip: Will paste numeric string, won't trigger DTMF tones

Google Voice web client: will paste, but not trigger the DTMF tones.

I'm going to play around with a few more clients this weekend to see if I can find a good solution for our team.

I appreciate the swift response!
Eoin

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Hi EduSnip_Trailblazer,

I'm testing out a couple of other options this weekend, but so far, no luck with the clients I've tried so far.

My biggest issue: The phone keypad is opposite the 10-key on my keyboard. Yes, I can "re-map" keys, but it's not nearly as convenient as a paste!
Eoin

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Hi @Dr_Eoin_Gregory Welcome back to the forum! :slight_smile:

Can you try this variation of Obed's snippet?

{digits=splitregex({clipboard}, "")}{repeat: for digit in digits}{key: {=digit}}{wait: delay=+0.1s}{endrepeat}

It uses the {key} command to trigger a keypress for each individual digit instead of attempting to paste it. Let us know if it works for you.