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How do I translate text to Morse code?

Short answer

Type your text into a browser-based Morse code translator and it converts each letter and digit into dots and dashes, and back again. It runs on your device, handling the standard International Morse alphabet, which is the quick way to encode a message, decode one you received, or learn the code.

How the code maps letters to signals

International Morse code represents each letter, digit and a few punctuation marks as a short sequence of dots and dashes, with E being a single dot and common letters kept short. Letters are separated by a small gap and words by a larger one. A translator looks up each character and joins the sequences with the right spacing, which is fiddly to do by hand for a whole sentence.

Encode, decode, and learn

The tool works in both directions: type plain text to get Morse, or paste dots and dashes to get the text back. That makes it useful for puzzles and escape-room clues, for amateur radio practice, and for the classic SOS, which is three dots, three dashes, three dots. Because everything runs locally, there is no round trip to a server and it keeps working offline.

Step by step

  1. Type your text. Enter the text you want to convert to Morse code.
  2. Translate locally. The tool converts each character to dots and dashes in your browser.
  3. Copy or reverse. Copy the Morse output, or paste Morse to translate it back to text.

Frequently asked questions

What is SOS in Morse code?

Three dots, three dashes, three dots, run together as the standard distress signal.

Can it decode Morse back to text?

Yes. Paste dots and dashes and the translator reconstructs the letters and words.

Is my text uploaded?

No. The translation runs entirely in your browser.

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