>I am looking for some software/hardware that will interpret dial tones and translate them to numerical values which I can in turn return balance information which again be translated to audio and transmitted over the reciever. Hoping this is something that can be used with VFP.

Dan,

Check out Hallogram's web site. (www.hallogram.com I think?). I have seen adds for telephony add-ons for Foxpro in there.