International Morse Code
Named after it's American inventor, Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), the Morse Code is a system of communication comprising of dots and dashes, the dot being a signal of short duration, the dash three times this length. It was first used for sending messages by electric telegraph in 1837.
Morse made a study of letters that were most used. He found that E headed the list, with T in second place and A, O, I, S and N in joint third place. In Morse code, these are the least complicated letters in the system. S.O.S. (.../---/...) (Save Our Souls) is an internationally recognised distress signal that can be tapped out with any handy object of flashed by torchlight.
If the duration of a dot is taken to be equal to that of one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space in between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to delete the last word send ........ (eight dots).
Morse Code isn't as widely used today as it was a number of years ago, but it is still a handy system to at least have a little knowledge of.
Text to Morse
Just type letters, numbers and punctuation into the top box and press the "Translate" button. If you want to hear the Morse code, press the "Play" button (you must have a sound card for this to work). You can choose the speed of the playback from the pull-down menu.
Morse to Text
You can type Morse code into the top box using '.' for a dot and '-' or '_' for a dash. Letters are separated by spaces and words by '/' or '|'. If the program cannot translate a letter it will place a '*' in the output.
Morse made a study of letters that were most used. He found that E headed the list, with T in second place and A, O, I, S and N in joint third place. In Morse code, these are the least complicated letters in the system. S.O.S. (.../---/...) (Save Our Souls) is an internationally recognised distress signal that can be tapped out with any handy object of flashed by torchlight.
If the duration of a dot is taken to be equal to that of one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space in between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to delete the last word send ........ (eight dots).
Morse Code isn't as widely used today as it was a number of years ago, but it is still a handy system to at least have a little knowledge of.
A .- B -... C -.-. D -.. E . F ..-. G --. H .... I .. J .--- K -.- L .-.. M --
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N -. O --- P .--. Q --.- R .-. S ... T - U ..- V ...- W .-- X -..- Y -.-- Z --..
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0 ----- 1 .---- 2 ..--- 3 ...-- 4 ....- 5 ..... 6 -.... 7 --... 8 ---.. 9 ----. Fullstop .-.-.- Comma --..-- Query ..--..
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Morse Code Translator
Text to Morse
Just type letters, numbers and punctuation into the top box and press the "Translate" button. If you want to hear the Morse code, press the "Play" button (you must have a sound card for this to work). You can choose the speed of the playback from the pull-down menu.
Morse to Text
You can type Morse code into the top box using '.' for a dot and '-' or '_' for a dash. Letters are separated by spaces and words by '/' or '|'. If the program cannot translate a letter it will place a '*' in the output.