Morse code tapping
Hold the key and let go: the dots, dashes and letters appear as you tap.
Tap Morse yourself
Hold the key with the mouse, a finger or the Space bar. A press shorter than 160 ms is a dot, a longer one a dash. A pause of 240 ms ends a letter and 560 ms ends a word (15 WPM, from the speed setting).
How the key is read
The key measures how long you hold it. A press shorter than two dot lengths is a dot and a longer press is a dash. Three dot lengths of silence end a letter and seven end a word, so the letters decode live as you pause.
One dot length is 1.2 seconds divided by your speed in words per minute: at 15 WPM a dot is 80 ms, a dash is 160 ms or longer and a letter ends after 240 ms. Set the speed with the slider; slower speeds are easier to start with.
Tapping with a keyboard or a screen
Hold the Space bar, press and hold the big key with the mouse, or touch it on a phone. The key makes a steady tone while it is down, at the pitch and volume from the translator’s settings.
To check your taps, use Copy this word, or pick a ready-made phrase such as I love you in Morse code or hello in Morse code. The alphabet chart has every pattern.