A present invention comprises a device and method for monitoring dial pulse (DP) signals on a line and recognizing a digit pattern comprising at least one digit on the line. In response to the recognized digit pattern, the invention determines when to initiate transmission of DTMF signals corresponding to dialed DP digits and initiates the transmission of DTMF signals at the determined point in time, which may be immediately or after a predetermined number of dialed digits or after a predetermined dialed number.