On 2007-02-25, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
> Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in
> news:slrneu28fs.le.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com:
>
>> but note that that DTMF tones can't be
>> sent through this codec with sufficient fidelity to be reliably decoded
>> and instead need special-case handling (a complexity which I suspect
>> is the source of the periodic griping on Skype forums about DTMF not
>> working reliably). There's nothing "fast" about this codec, the "fast"
>> codec (iSAC) is only used for Skype-Skype calls.
>>
>
> If that were true, Vox for Skype would be unable to control it remotely
> from my calling Skype from my crappy cellphone. DTMF controls VOX and
> Skype perfectly from my cellphone. Skype sounds better than my cellphone
> on any occasion. Maybe it's the better fidelity of my Netgear SPH101
> Skype wifi phone or Linksys CIT200 wireless Skype phone plugged into my
> laptop's USB port.

I haven't heard much griping about the handling of incoming DTMF tones
in Skype, but considerable complaints about outgoing. If you search
for DTMF in Skype forums you'll find dozens of posts about it. Here's a
typical example:

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?sho...=66652&hl=DTMF

They work about half the time from my Mac when I call from abroad to
pick up voice mail.

Dennis Ferguson