Morse code translator

What it does

The Morse code translator writes your text as Morse code, or reads Morse code back as text:

• Text to Morse turns each letter, digit and punctuation mark into its dots and dashes. A space goes between two letters and “ / “ between two words, and each line of your text stays a line.
• Morse to text reads dots and dashes back as capital letters. A space or a tab goes between two letters, and a slash or a pipe between two words.

How to use it

1. Choose Text to Morse or Morse to text, then type or paste into “Your text”. Select “Try a sample” to see an example.
2. The result appears next to your text and updates as you type.
3. Select Swap to move the result into “Your text” and switch the mode, for example to check that your Morse code reads back as your text.
4. Select Copy to put the result on your clipboard.

The signs

• Letters A to Z (lower case is written as capitals), the digits 0 to 9, and the punctuation . , ? ' / ( ) : = + - " @ from the international standard (ITU-R M.1677-1).
• The common signs for ! & ; _ $, which the standard leaves out but many operators use.
• When reading Morse code, the dots ·, • and ∙ count as ., and _, −, – and — count as -, so code copied from other pages reads too.

Good to know

• Runs of spaces between words count as one word break, and spaces at the start and end of a line are dropped.
• If a character has no sign, or a group of dots and dashes isn’t a sign, the tool shows its line and column so you can find it.
• Morse code has no lower case, so text read back from Morse code is in capitals.

Limits

Your text can be up to 100,000 characters long.

Privacy

Your text is processed on your device: the translating runs in your browser, and nothing you type or paste is uploaded. Only the mode you chose is kept in your browser for next time.