About this site
What Morse Code Translator is
Morse Code Translator is a small, free website devoted to one thing: Morse code. It exists to be the fastest, simplest and most private way to translate a message into Morse — or decode one back — and to help you actually learn the code while you are here.
On this site you will find:
- A two-way translator with live conversion, real audio playback, adjustable speed and tone, and a flashing signal light.
- A dedicated decoder for reading dots and dashes you have received.
- A complete, printable Morse code chart covering letters, numbers and punctuation.
- Learning pages for the alphabet and numbers, written for complete beginners.
- A page honouring the SOS distress signal and its history.
- An audio translator with a full guide to WPM speeds and Farnsworth timing, for learners and radio amateurs.
How it works — and why it is private
Every tool on this site runs entirely in your web browser. When you type a message, the translation and the audio are produced by your own device, on the spot. Nothing is uploaded, there are no accounts, and there is no database of anyone's messages. Once a page has loaded, the tools even work offline. You can read exactly what data is and is not involved in our privacy policy.
Accuracy
All codes on this site follow International Morse Code as standardised in ITU recommendation ITU-R M.1677 — the same code used by radio services worldwide. Timing follows the classic rules: a dash equals three dots, letter gaps are three units, and word gaps are seven units, with speed measured against the standard word PARIS.
Who it is for
Students meeting Morse code for the first time, puzzle and escape-room fans, scouts and survival enthusiasts, amateur radio operators keeping their ear in, teachers, and anyone who has ever wondered what those beeps in an old film actually said. If that is you — welcome, and happy signalling.
Questions or corrections? See the contact page.
How our content is made and checked
Everything on this site follows a simple publishing routine, because a code people may rely on has to be right:
- Codes are machine-verified, never typed from memory. Every Morse sequence printed on these pages is generated from the same ITU-R M.1677 table that powers the translator itself, and checked character by character before the page is published.
- Audio is tested, not assumed. Playback timing follows the PARIS standard, and each tool's sound, light and download features are exercised in a real browser at several speeds before a page goes live — and re-tested whenever the shared code changes.
- Articles are checked against authoritative sources — the ITU for the code itself, World Scouting for event facts, and institutional or reference accounts for history — and the sources are listed at the foot of the article so readers can verify the claims themselves.
- Corrections are welcome and acted on. If you spot an error, tell us via the contact page; verified corrections are made on the page, not argued with.
Embed this translator on your site
Teachers, scout leaders, bloggers and club webmasters: you can put this translator on your own page for free. Paste the snippet below into your HTML — it loads the translator without our navigation around it, so it sits neatly inside your layout. It stays completely free; a small link back to us is appreciated but not required.
The embedded translator is the full tool — translate, play, download .wav — and it works on any modern browser, including phones. The snippet points at this site's live address — morsecodetranslator.space — so it works exactly as copied, with nothing to edit.