# TCPA manual touch is a typed number · Worked example

- On the pacing bench, type 8005550142. Try to paste.
- Paste is blocked
- Dial stays disabled until the digits match
- You can say why
- Dial armed only after typing.

## Sources and go deeper

- [TCPA manual touch](https://community.five9.com/s/article/Administrator-TCPA-Manual-Touch-Dialing-Mode?language=en_US). community. last checked 2026-10.
- [Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_1991). wikipedia. last checked 2026-10.