Morse Code Converter

The Morse Code Converter is a free browser-based utility that translates text into International Morse Code and decodes Morse code back into readable text. It supports the full ITU standard character set including the 26 English letters (A–Z), digits (0–9), and common punctuation marks such as period, comma, question mark, and more.

Morse code is one of the earliest forms of electrical communication, developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail in the 1830s and 1840s. Each character is represented by a unique sequence of short signals (dots) and long signals (dashes). The dot and dash patterns were originally transmitted as electrical pulses over telegraph wires, and later adapted for radio communication. Despite being nearly 200 years old, Morse code remains in active use today in amateur (ham) radio, aviation, and emergency signaling.

This tool includes a Web Audio API–powered audio playback feature that lets you hear the Morse code at adjustable speed (5–35 words per minute). The visual dot–dash display shows each character’s pattern graphically, making it easy to learn and verify the encoding. You can use the bidirectional conversion: type plain text to get Morse code, or paste Morse code (using dots, dashes, spaces, and slashes) to decode it back to text.

All processing runs entirely in your browser using client-side JavaScript. No data is transmitted to any server, no cookies are set, and no input is logged. For other encoding tools, try our ROT13 / Caesar Cipher for letter-substitution encoding, our Base64 Encode/Decode tool for binary-safe encoding, or our Text to Binary converter for binary representations of text.

1. Select Text to Morse or Morse to Text mode using the toggle at the top.
2. Type or paste your input into the Input textarea on the left.
3. The converted result appears instantly in the Output panel on the right.
4. View the Visual Morse Code display to see dots and dashes rendered graphically.
5. Adjust the Playback Speed slider (5–35 WPM) and click Play to hear the Morse code audio.
6. Click Copy to copy the output to your clipboard, or use Ctrl+Shift+C.
7. Use Swap to move the output back into the input, or Clear to reset.