Morse Code Translator

Morse code reduced language to two signals — short and long, dot and dash — and carried the world's messages for over a century. It still lives on: amateur radio operators use it daily, aviation beacons identify themselves in it, accessibility devices employ it, and ... --- ... remains the most recognized distress signal ever devised. And beyond utility, it's simply fun — puzzles, escape rooms, secret notes, tattoos.

This translator converts both directions with the full character set: letters, digits, and the punctuation marks defined in international Morse. Encoding follows the standard written conventions — one space between letters, a slash between words. Decoding is forgiving about extra whitespace and marks any unrecognized symbol clearly rather than skipping it silently, so a mistyped sequence is easy to locate.

The feature that sets this translator apart: **it plays the code aloud.** One click and the Web Audio API beeps your message at proper international timing — a dash three times the length of a dot, correct gaps between letters and words. Hearing Morse is entirely different from reading it (real operators copy by ear, not by sight), and it turns the tool from a converter into a small learning instrument. Sound is generated locally in your browser; nothing is uploaded, and nothing needs installing.