A space separates letters and a / separates words. Pasting Morse with | or wide gaps works too.
About the Morse Code Translator
This free Morse code translator works both ways. Type normal text and the Morse code appears beside it as you type. Paste dots and dashes instead and the plain text appears. Then press Play to hear the message as beeps, watch it flash as a light, or both.
Morse code was built for the telegraph in the 1830s and is still used today in aviation beacons, amateur radio, and as an emergency signal. SOS — ... --- ... — is the one almost everybody knows.
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How Morse code is written here
- A dot is . and a dash is -
- A space separates letters: .... .. is HI
- A slash / separates words: .... .. / - .... . .-. . is HI THERE
- A character with no Morse code shows as #
- A group that is not valid Morse shows as ?
When you paste code from somewhere else, | and wide gaps are accepted as word separators too, because that is how Morse often gets copied around.
Sound and light
Press Play and the message is sent the way a real operator would send it:
- Sound — a clean sine tone, with the pitch set by the Tone slider (300 to 1000 Hz)
- Light — the lamp beside the buttons flashes in time with the beeps
- Speed — set in words per minute, from a slow 5 wpm to a brisk 40 wpm
The timing follows the standard rule: a dash is three times as long as a dot, the gap inside a letter is one dot, between letters three dots, and between words seven dots.
Features
- Both directions in one page, live as you type
- Play as sound, as a flashing light, or both at once
- Speed in words per minute and an adjustable tone
- Numbers, punctuation and common accented letters (É, Ñ, Ö, Ü, Ä, Å, Ç)
- Copy either side with one click
- No sign-up, no library, nothing uploaded
What people use it for
- Learning Morse — read a letter, then hear it, which is how operators actually learn
- Scouting and school projects — send a message across a room with a torch
- Puzzles and escape rooms — decoding a clue someone left in dots and dashes
- Games — plenty of games hide Morse in a sound effect
- Tattoos and jewellery — checking a name is spelled right before it is permanent
How to use it
- Type your text in the left box — the Morse code appears on the right straight away
- Or paste Morse code into the right box to read it as text
- Set the Speed and Tone the way you like them
- Tick Sound, Light, or both
- Press Play to send the message, and Stop to cut it short
- Press Copy under either box to take the result with you
