Web/API/RTCDTMFSender

The RTCDTMFSender interface provides a mechanism for transmitting DTMF codes on a WebRTC RTCPeerConnection. You gain access to the connection's RTCDTMFSender through the RTCRtpSender.dtmf property on the audio track you wish to send DTMF with.

The primary purpose for WebRTC's DTMF support is to allow WebRTC-based communication clients to be connected to a public-switched telephone network (PSTN) or other legacy telephone service, including extant voice over IP (VoIP) services. For that reason, DTMF can't be used between two WebRTC-based devices, because there is no mechanism provided by WebRTC for receiving DTMF codes.

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Properties

RTCDTMFSender.toneBuffer Read only: A DOMString which contains the list of DTMF tones currently in the queue to be transmitted (tones which have already been played are no longer included in the string). See toneBuffer for details on the format of the tone buffer.

Methods

RTCDTMFSender.insertDTMF(): Given a string describing a set of DTMF codes and, optionally, the duration of and inter-tone gap between the tones, insertDTMF() starts sending the specified tones. Calling insertDTMF() replaces any already-pending tones from the toneBuffer. You can abort sending queued tones by specifying an empty string ("") as the set of tones to play.

Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

tonechange: The tonechange event is sent to the RTCDTMFSender instance's event handler to indicate that a tone has either started or stopped playing. Also available using the ontonechange event handler property.

Example

See the article Using DTMF with WebRTC for a full example.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between BrowsersThe definition of 'RTCDTMFSender' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`RTCDTMFSender`	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 52	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
`canInsertDTMF`	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox ?	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
`insertDTMF`	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 52	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
`ontonechange`	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 52	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
`toneBuffer`	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 52	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
`tonechange` event	Chrome Full support 27	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 52	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 27	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown