Morse Code Translator

Translate text to Morse and Morse back to text with audio playback and live signal highlighting.

How this tool behaves

Morse Code is an encoding system, not a cipher. A dot takes 1 unit, a dash takes 3 units, the gap between letters is 3 units, and the gap between words is 7 units.

Type: Signal encoding Alphabet: A-Z, 0-9, punctuation Word break: / Playback: Live chirp highlighting

Options

Play audio tone

Auto-scroll highlighted unit

Unknown Morse token becomes ?

Dot length

90 ms

Tone

650 Hz

Type ordinary text and this tool will produce Morse with / between words. During playback, the current character lights up while its dots and dashes chirp.

Output stats

Mode: Text → Morse Playable units: 0 Word gaps: 0 Ignored: 0 Input chars: 0 Output chars: 0

Morse is useful because it sits close to the history of signals, telegraphy, and covert communication. This tool accepts dots, dashes, spaces, and / between words, and can play the sequence back with real Morse timing.

Input text

Output Morse

Ready

Text characters will light up as their Morse is played.

Dots use 1 unit, dashes use 3 units, and word gaps are 7 units.

Highlighted source characters

Current signal

Live emitted Morse

Press Play Morse to emit dots and dashes live.

Using This Tool: Guide & Notes Show guide

Morse Code translates text into dots, dashes, and timed gaps, with optional audio playback.

How to use it

Choose text-to-Morse or Morse-to-text.
Paste text, dots, dashes, slashes, or spaces into the input box.
Use the audio controls to hear the signal if playback is enabled.
Watch the signal highlighting to follow the timing visually.

Options and settings

Speed controls how quickly dots, dashes, and gaps are played.
Tone frequency changes the pitch of the audio signal.
Unknown-character handling decides whether unsupported input becomes a question mark or is skipped.
Auto-scroll keeps the active signal visible during playback.

Notes

Spacing matters in Morse: element gaps, letter gaps, and word gaps mean different things.
Use slashes or clear spacing between words when decoding.

Morse Code: The Moment Messages Escaped the Horse

How dots, dashes, and disciplined timing helped build the first electric language of the modern world.

Read the article

Signal acquired

A note from the team

We build these tools because we love cryptography, encoding, and making difficult ideas easier to explore. If they've helped you, even a small coffee means the world to the project. Thank you!

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