> please forgive my ignorance. i am just starting out with pic-chip
> experimentation. how do you program a pic chip with specific prerecorded
> tones to say access messages on your voice mail. which flavor of chip
> would you use and why. thanks.....

Well, do you mean the DTMF tones used by tone-dial phones? Best method
is to hook your PIC to one of the dedicated chips. Check out the DTMF
faq at:

http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/LINK/F_DTMF.html

Conor.