English to Morse Code Translator
Type English and read it back as dots and dashes: this page opens with the direction fixed to text into Morse and HELLO WORLD already in the box, where it comes out as .... . .-.. .-.. --- / .-- --- .-. .-.. -.. on the right. Nothing switches direction behind you, so a message that happens to be all Es and Ts is still translated the way you asked. Press Play as sound to hear it at 10, 15, 20 or 25 words a minute.
The international morse alphabet
Click any character to add it to the input.
Common questions
- How do I write a sentence in Morse code?
- Type it. Each letter becomes its own group of dots and dashes, one space apart, and a slash marks the end of a word, so HELLO WORLD becomes .... . .-.. .-.. --- / .-- --- .-. .-.. -.. and nothing else moves. Capitals and lower case give the same code, because Morse has no case.
- What happens to numbers and punctuation?
- They translate. The digits 0 to 9 are five marks each, and the punctuation the international standard covers is in the alphabet grid under the tool. A character with no agreed code, an emoji or a currency symbol, is listed under the translation as one this alphabet has no code for, rather than being dropped where you would not notice.
- Does it handle accented letters?
- They fold to the base letter before translating, which is what international Morse does: cafe with an acute e comes out as C A F E. Letters that have no base to fold to are expanded instead, so a slashed O becomes O and an Eszett becomes SS.
- Can I hear the message as well as read it?
- Yes. Play as sound sends the translation as a 600 Hz tone with a dot of one unit, a dash of three, and the standard one, three and seven unit gaps. The speed control sets the length of a unit, so 10 words a minute is slow enough to write down and 25 is closer to what an operator sends.
- Is anything I type sent anywhere?
- No. The translation runs in your browser, the alphabet is a table in the page, and nothing is uploaded or stored off this device. This page always opens on its example, HELLO WORLD, rather than on your last message: the translator page is the one that keeps what you typed, in this browser only. No account is involved.
Exact for the ITU-standard international Morse alphabet, digits and common punctuation. Audio plays at the speed you set with standard PARIS timing: a dot is one unit, a dash three, and the gaps inside a letter, between letters and between words are one, three and seven units. Characters with no agreed Morse equivalent are reported rather than approximated.