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ToolWrenTranslate plain text into Morse code, or decode Morse back into text. Use spaces between letters and a forward slash (/) between words.
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Morse is a free, private online tool that lets you translate text to Morse code or decode Morse back to text. It runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded to a server.
Privacy: this tool runs entirely in your browser. Your input is never sent to, received by, or stored on any server — there are no uploads and no tracking of what you enter.
Morse code encodes characters as sequences of dots (.) and dashes (-). Developed for the telegraph in the 1800s, it's still used in aviation, amateur radio and emergencies because it can be sent by sound, light or tapping.
In this tool, letters within a word are separated by a single space and words are separated by /. For example .... .. is "HI" and ... --- ... is the famous SOS.
All 26 letters, digits 0–9, and common punctuation (period, comma, question mark, slash and more) are supported in both directions.
/. Letters inside a word are separated by single spaces.... --- ... — three dots, three dashes, three dots. It's an internationally recognised distress signal.Morse code represents letters, digits and punctuation as sequences of dots and dashes (short and long signals). Developed in the 1830s and 40s for the electric telegraph, it allowed text to be sent over a single wire - or later by radio, light or sound - and it remains in use in aviation, amateur radio and emergency signalling.
Each character maps to a unique pattern: E is a single dot, T a single dash, S is three dots, O is three dashes - which is why SOS (... --- ...) is so simple and recognisable. This tool converts text to Morse and back. In the output, letters within a word are separated by spaces and words are separated by a slash (/).
The cleverness of Morse is that common letters get short codes and rare letters get longer ones, making messages efficient to send by hand - an early form of data compression. Because it reduces communication to a simple on/off signal, it can be transmitted by almost any medium: a telegraph key, a flashing light, a tapped sound, or a radio tone.
Morse endures because it is robust and minimal. Aviation navigation beacons identify themselves in Morse; amateur radio operators use it to make contacts in poor conditions where voice fails; and SOS remains an internationally recognised distress signal. It can even be tapped or blinked by someone unable to speak, making it a genuine survival skill.
Type text to convert it to Morse, or paste Morse (using spaces between letters and / between words) to translate it back. It supports letters, digits and common punctuation. Everything runs in your browser.