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Smartphones forever changed the way we communicate with each other. It is mobile, pocketable, quick, and efficient. While all of this is good, people who are differently abled find it difficult to use and communicate using the new age phones.

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This is where Morse code comes into the picture. It was initially designed for communicating over long distances using dots and dash over electrical lines back in the 1800s.

Nowadays, it is seeing a resurgence in the form of assistive technology. For example, blind people can easily type using dots and dash but using a QWERTY keyboard can be challenging for them.

Morse Decoder takes audio input from the microphone or audio input on your Mac, decodes Morse Code tones, and displays the results in text form. It includes both automatic decoding of longer clean signals, as well as several manual controls to allow the decoding of more difficult signals in QRM. Jan 21, 2019 7. Learn Morse Code. This Morse code app for iOS will let you create a Morse code message, decode it and learn it in this process. Like most of the apps, you can use the sound or light signal method to convey the Morse messages to others. You can see the alphabets, number, and other characters with their Morse codes form in dots and dashes.

Seeing the potential of the Morse code, Google recently launched a Morse code crash course that promises to teach this language in one hour. While it may take more than that, I am sure it won’t take more than a few days with enough practice.

Still with me? Cool. Now all you need is a keyboard app on your smartphone that supports this format.

Here are some useful apps for Android that will help you communicate using Morse code.

1. Gboard

I always recommend Gboard to anyone who would listen to me. It was built by Google and comes with a lot of advanced functionalities. More recently, they also added support for Morse code.

By default, Morse code keyboard is inactive. To activate it, go to Settings and select Language & input under System.

Select Gboard under Input method and choose Languages under that.

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This is where you will see all the languages that you have selected in Gboard. Select English (US) here.

You will see a scrollable bar where you can choose different types of keyboard layouts like QWERTY, Handwriting, and Morse code. You can choose more than one so scroll to the end and select Morse code.

When you enable it, you will see additional settings like sound on keypress, ability to change sound and volume, and key repeat rate. This will help your folks use Morse code easily and with much higher accuracy.

Now, whenever you want to activate the Morse code keyboard, just long-press the globe icon on Gboard to select it. You can also remove all other keyboards to make it the default one.

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I went through the Morse code game tutorial (Google Morse code course) that I mentioned earlier and found it to be engaging and easy. Shouldn’t take more than a few days to master it.

While Gboard is cool and available for both Android and iOS, there are other Morse code apps on the Play Store too. Let's see what they have to offer.

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2. Morse Code

What if you want to translate text into Morse code and back again? Maybe you forgot some letters and now don’t know what the message means? Enter the Morse Code app.

This app will translate Morse code into English and vice versa on the fly so you can communicate faster and with more accuracy. The layout is simple and effective.

There are two tabs. Write the text you want to translate and you will see the Morse codes in real time below. You can copy it with a single click. There is a Sound button next to Copy button that will speak the entire message in dots and dash. Useful to communicate immediately or even on the phone.

Click the double arrow button in the middle to switch to Morse code and back again. You will see a space button, a big green Morse code button to input dots and dash, and a back button at the bottom of the screen. Makes it easy to use without looking.

There is sound and vibration feedback which you can use during phone calls but that is not all. You can also use the flashlight which can come in handy in certain situations like sending an SOS signal.

There is a handy dictionary in the settings area where you can refresh your memory in case you forgot a letter or a symbol. The app is completely free but comes with ads which are not obtrusive.

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3. Morse Code

Another Morse code app with some different features and layout, and some useful shortcuts. When you open the app, sound and light feedback are enabled by default. Click on the big blue BLINKY button to begin using the flashlight to communicate with people across the room. Very effective.

You can switch off any variable using the buttons below the BLINKY button. They are also big and easy to use, even without seeing.

In the settings menu, there is a predefined area where some words have been input by default. One of them was Bitcoin! Tapping on any one will begin transmitting the word using the sound and light. You can add your own words here. There is an automatic translator and a dictionary too.

I found the Morse Code app to be primarily focused on face-to-face communication while the former app was more suitable for written communication like sending/receiving messages.

The app is free and comes with ads.

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4. M3 Translator

This brings us to the last Morse code app in the list. The reason M3 Translator made the list is because it also supports foreign languages. Yes. Now you can be Vin Diesel and say I am Groot in 9 languages.

The layout is not the best when compared to other apps that I covered earlier. Dots and dash buttons are too close in my opinion in the three-button layout. There is also the single button layout which is a better alternative. No two-button layout though.

Other than that, the app is free to use but comes with ads that you can remove by paying the developer anywhere between $0.9 to $9.9.

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Lost in Translation

It will take some practice to get used to these apps. The keyboard layout, format, and shortcuts but once you do, they are easy to use. This should help plenty of differently abled people to overcome challenges and reach new heights in their personal and professional lives.

Next up: Have you got big fingers? Using a small screen smartphone? Linked below is a list of keyboard apps with big buttons to help you text faster and more accurately.


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When I first learned you could transmit taps on the Apple Watch, I immediately started to wonder about its potential as a device for sending Morse code. My grandfather was (and my dad still is) a longtime ham radio operator, and while I never learned Morse to either of their satisfaction, I've always had a fascination with the dots and dashes of years past.

After spending some initial time with it, I'll admit: The Apple Watch isn't a perfect device for communicating in Morse code. The taps you can send are limited to short 'dit' buzzes, with no proper way to send the lengthier dash 'dah'. But I still love the idea of using tap-based communication — and it makes a whole lot more sense to me to try playing with Morse's pre-established taptic language over trying to re-invent the wheel, so to speak.

Why tap at all?

In an age where most people communicate by whipping out a smartphone and sending a text message, it's hard to see the value in a centuries-old communication language. But Morse has advantages when it comes to a more personal device like the Watch: If you can translate the taps on your wrist into language, you don't have to worry about interrupting a meal or conversation to scan text on your wrist.

You'll may have to look to see who sent it, of course, but there's something that feels infinitely more delightful about getting secret messages on your wrist — whether that's an SOS from a friend getting harangued at a party, or hugs and kisses from a loved one.

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There's the accessibility angle, as well: it potentially allows the blind, or those with failing eyesight, a way to communicate that doesn't require reading tiny letters on a 1.5-inch screen.

The two-tap 'dah' method on the Apple Watch

Since the Watch doesn't offer the ability for a long 'dah' tap, I've been experimenting with a quick double-tap in its place — so 'A' would be 'tap-taptap'. I like this option better than my initial tests, which used spaces between the taps as an indication of short and long. (Because you already use spaces to denote different letters and words in Morse, implementing spaces for the taps themselves got confusing, quickly.)

From my experience, tapping letters at the right frequency takes a bit of work to get down consistently — much like learning Morse on a straight key. You also have to take into account the Watch's occasional software lag: If you tap too quickly in succession, the Apple Watch might merge those two presses into one for the receiver.

But after you get the initial sequencing down, it can be a lot of fun. I've also found it helpful to visually separate taps — double-tap dahs at the top of the screen, single-tap dits at the bottom. Your recipient can see where you've tapped if they look at their watch, and it helps correct for any tap parsing errors the Watch might run into.

Three Morse code phrases for the Apple Watch

Learning the Morse alphabet is a little challenging if you're starting from scratch. If you want to play around a bit with taptic language but don't want the hassle of learning the entire thing, here are a few tap sequences you can use with your fellow Apple Watch-wearing friends.

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SOS

SOS is one of the few publicly well-known Morse patterns, in part due to its simplicity.

S is three short taps: dit-dit-dit, or tap-tap-tap on the Apple WatchO is three long taps: dah dah dah, or taptap taptap taptap

Use this with friends on the Watch to signal boring conversation you want to be rescued from, topics perhaps not best-discussed during a party, or just about anything else.

Hugs and kisses (88)

Heartbeat a little too intimate for your tastes? Let your loved ones know they're in your thoughts with the Morse abbreviation for hugs and kisses, 88.

88: dah dah dah dit-dit dah dah dah dit-dit, or taptap taptap taptap tap-tap taptap taptap taptap tap-tap

Best regards/thinking of you (73)

Morse's 73 is traditionally used as a conversation sign-off, but you can also use this palindromic pattern as a friendlier version of 88.

73: dah dah dit-dit-dit dit-dit-dit dah dah, or taptap taptap tap-tap-tap tap-tap-tap taptap taptap

Does Morse make sense on the Apple Watch?

I'm having fun playing around with Morse code on the Apple Watch, but I know it's not for everyone. If you decide to experiment (or have been experimenting with Morse in different ways), let me know in the comments or on the forum.

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