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id: 685843a7-b2c0-43e1-9613-3983a32a9dbc
title: detectDigit
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/detect-digit
description: detectDigit method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[calldetect-8]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call-detect

[link-5]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call/prompt

### detectDigit

* **detectDigit**(`params?`): `Promise<CallDetect>` - See [CallDetect][calldetect-8] for more details.

Detects when a digit is pressed in an audio stream. To gather digit input from a caller, please see [prompt][link-5].

#### Parameters

| Name                  | Type      | Description                                                                          |
| :-------------------- | :-------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params?`             | `Object`  | -                                                                                    |
| `params.digits?`      | `string`  | The digits to detect. Defaults to "0123456789#\*".                                   |
| `params.timeout?`     | `number`  | Number of seconds to run the detector for. Defaults to 30.0.                         |
| `params.waitForBeep?` | `boolean` | Whether to wait until the device is ready for voicemail delivery. Defaults to false. |

#### Returns

`Promise<CallDetect>` - See [CallDetect][calldetect-8] for more details.

#### Example

```js
const detect = await call.detectDigit();
const result = await detect.ended();

console.log("Detect result:", result.type);
```