Morse Code Translator
Convert text to Morse code and back, using the international ITU standard. Private and browser-based.
Independently verified for accuracy
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Translate between plain text and international Morse code. Type a message to get its dots and dashes, or paste Morse to read it back as text. It covers letters, digits, and common punctuation from the ITU standard.
How this is calculated
Encoding maps each character to its ITU-R M.1677 Morse sequence. Letters within a word are separated by a single space and words by a slash. Decoding reverses that: codes are looked up back to characters, words split on the slash. Characters with no Morse equivalent are skipped.
How to use
- Choose encode (text to Morse) or decode (Morse to text).
- Type or paste your message.
- Read the translation. Use a slash between words in Morse.
Examples
- Encode:
"SOS" becomes ... --- ... - Decode:
.... . .-.. .-.. --- becomes HELLO
FAQ
- Which Morse standard does this use?
- The international standard defined in ITU-R M.1677, covering A to Z, 0 to 9, and common punctuation.
- How are words separated in Morse?
- Letters in a word are separated by a single space, and words are separated by a slash surrounded by spaces, which is the common written convention.
- What happens to unsupported characters?
- Characters with no Morse equivalent are skipped rather than guessed, so the output only contains standard codes.