Morse-It
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Morse-It is an easy to use application that allows to translate, to interpret, to type, to learn, to convert Morse code, and much more.
It is retina display enhanced, universal binary (run on iPhone/iPod AND iPad), and is compatible with VoiceOver.
Type some text and it will be automatically encoded into some fullscreen flashing effect of the associated Morse code.
The flash light of your device will also be used.
Your "SOS" messages will be seen quite far away !
Some sound will also be played accordingly. In detailed mode, the text being encoded is scrolling through the decoding process.
Tap some morse code onto the screen and the program will translate it into some text.
Different input types are handled : Novice, Straight key, Memory Paddle, Iambic Paddle (A and B). Left and right handed modes supported.
Test and improve your skills : are you good enough to be understood?
Exclusive feature allowing to decode, in real time, the Morse code recorded from the microphone (if available) into Text.
Some automatic calibration is performed, allowing adaptation to speed, tone and volume changes.
The full Morse alphabet can also be consulted and the associated Morse code can be played.
Tapped and decoded text can be edited and exported to the clipboard, the In-app email and SMS.
A special screen allows textual conversion of morse code and text. Exchange encoded messages with your friends.
Wikipedia and Visual Mnemonic screens allowing to get informations and mnemonics regarding morse code.
All the application is highly configurable (Frequency, WPM, color, morse characters ...)
Premium features can also be unlocked as in-app purchase :
Koch trainer screen, Quiz screen, Prosigns, Macros, Dictionaries : abbreviations, QSOs, mnemonics, Timing (farnsworth) and Morse alphabet/prosigns personalization, look customization ... and more.
!!! As seen on TV !!! (UK) in Most Haunted Live: Apparently you can use Morse-It to communicate with ghosts (no guaranty though).
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Premium in-App purchase
The premium features of Morse-It can be purchased as an in-app purchase.
They are dedicated to both the connoisseur and the professional.
This unique purchase contains all the following features :
- Quiz screen to test your skills. Highly configurable and different modes available (type the corresponding text, type the corresponding code, select the correct text, select the correct code, random quiz).
- Koch trainer screen to learn Morse code, one letter after the other, thanks to this easy and configurable method.
- Prosigns handling (encode/decode/glossary).
- Predefined macro sets and dictionaries (in English):
- Morse abbreviations
- Morse QSOs
- Morse mnemonics
- Editable Macros (allows to quickly insert some predefined text).
- Morse alphabet edition (add/remove/change characters or prosigns, with collisions/priorities handling).
- The Morse alphabet and the macros can be imported/exported for backup, sharing and modification on a computer.
- Timing units edition (for farnsworth method).
- Audio decoding can be performed even while you are in the other screens (may slow down the app on first generation devices).
- Customizable application's image background.
- Customizable application's tint color.
Premium in-App purchase iPad Screenshots
Premium in-App purchase iPhone Screenshots
FAQ
- Q : How can I use the Koch trainer
Here are some instructions regarding the Koch trainer :
First of all, here is a web page that will explain you the basics of the Koch method. http://hfradio.org/koch_1.html
The goal is to learn Morse code focusing on an increasing subset of characters.
In Morse-it, the left tab displays the heard characters (the result) and the right tab (the notes) can be used to write the heard characters.
There are 3 ways to use this screen, according to your taste :- Start the training, select the right tab (notes) and touch the big white area. This will bring you a keyboard allowing you to progressively enter the characters you hear.
At the end of the training, click on the compare button and the app will tell you how many errors you made.
To spot the errors, Morse-it compares all the words, one after the other, of the two tabs : Result and Notes.
So basically, if 10 words (with several letters) are emitted and if you also enters 10 words but make one single mistake in 2 words, your score will be 80%.
You can also click on the left tab (result) to visually spot the differences with your right tab (notes).
- Start the training and watch the left tab. In your head memorize the heard characters and directly compare what you've just decoded with the result, while it is progressively displayed.
- Start the training, get a paper and a pencil and write the characters you hear. At the end of the training, look at the result and see by yourself how successful you were.
You then have to press the right arrow (located at the bottom).
This is a manual operation, so you can do it whenever you want (and bypass this conventional 90% success)
In the settings screen you can change some parameters of the method, in case you need something very specific.
You can also edit the dedicated macro file if you need to change or re-order the characters.
However, the default parameters should be enough (as they define the typical Koch method).
- Start the training, select the right tab (notes) and touch the big white area. This will bring you a keyboard allowing you to progressively enter the characters you hear.
- Q : I would like to listen numeric code only in trainer. How to setup in Morse-it?
To setup the training (Koch Trainer) screen, you have to go in the Settings" screen.
A Koch Trainer section is dedicated to it.
From here, you can change the items that will be used by the trainer.
So, if you want to work on a specific subset of characters (only numbers, for instance), you should change this list of items.
I suggest you to create a new list of items from the Glossary screen.
- Select the Macros sub-screen and press the top right button to enter edit mode.
- Press the Add button and name your list the way you want (ie: numeric code).
- Press the Done button.
- Select your new list and enter edit mode using the trop right button.
- Press Add button several times to add all your items (just set the name field to your digit for each digits)
- When finished, press the done button.
- Q : I cannot buy the in-app upgrade. What is the problem ?
Your problem might be one of the following ones :
- Check your internet connection : an internet connection to Apple servers is necessary.
- You might be using a different iTunes account when trying to buy the in-app purchase, than the one you used to buy the app on the app store.
As a restriction from Apple, the iTunes accounts have to be the same. - Be sure that In-App Purchases are allowed in the Device Settings application : General -> Restrictions -> Allowed Content -> In-App Purchases
- If the problem persists, restarting your device might solve the issue
- Finally, the problem may be a temporary problem (problem accessing apple servers) that may be be solved automatically after a few hours.
- Q : I purchased the in-app option but I can't find the Timing/Farnsworth setting. Where is it?
To enable Farnsworth timing, on iPhone, you have to go to Glossary screen and then select the Time section (go to the Time screen on iPad).
You must then press the top right button of this screen to enter edit mode.
You are now able to change all the time units, by selecting them.
For Farnsworth timing, you can increase the Short and Medium gaps to the values you prefer (for instance multiplying them by 2).
This newly defined timing will be taken into account in all the other screens of Morse-it.
This is a slightly different definition than specifying a specific different WPM value but it allows more precision and consistency on the final result.
History
v4.2
- Global : iPhone5 screen support.
- Global : Retina support on iPad.
- Global : On iOS6, texts in Tap, Convert and Decode screens can also be exported to Facebook and twitter.
- Global : Display the used (or detected) WPM speed in the Tap, Quiz and Decode screens.
- Global : Improved handling of bluetooth text keyboards and iPad split keyboard.
- Global : Correctly recover audio (for recordings and emission) after an external event, like a phone call.
- Global : Various bug fixes and improvements.
- Tap : When Gestures are enabled for a paddle in settings, you can perform a left swipe on the text area to delete the last character and perform a right swipe to add a newline character.
- Premium - Trainer : Improved comparison of the result with the notes, with an associated visual highlighting of the mistakes.
- Premium - Trainer : New visual hint that can display both the Morse code and the text of the current character.
- Premium - Trainer : The visual hints can also be changed in the settings screen.
- Premium - Trainer : In settings, it is now possible to choose if the result will be displayed after the sound is played, or before the sound is played.
- Premium - Quiz : The correct answer is now displayed when an error is done.
- Premium - Quiz : The validation sound for the Quiz is now correctly played (according to the "Result sound" settings value).
- Accessibility : For iOS5 devices & higher, set the keypad buttons to accessibility elements allowing a direct Interaction with VoiceOver.
- Accessibility : Improved way to increase/decrease the sliders values in the settings screen with VoiceOver.
v4.1
- Global : German translation (many thanks to Christian and Jens for their precious help).
- Decode : Fixes an audio recorder problem on iPod 3 (thanks to Dave for his help).
- Premium : The Morse alphabet and the macros (used for memo, training, quiz) can be imported/exported for backup, sharing and modification on a computer.
v4.0.1
- Global : Fixes a problem on iPhone preventing from entering the 'to' field of an email.
v4.0
- Convert : New convert screen. This screen allows Morse to text and text to Morse conversion. Perfect to encode/decode/email/SMS Morse code with your friends.
- Tap : Optional quick gestures on Morse paddle : 3 fingers tap to delete last character. 4 fingers tap to delete all the text.
- Tap : Remove the not standard "(" ")" characters around morse code in Tap screen, when the 'Show morse code' option is activated.
- Tap : Morse characters (.,-,/, ) that are used in the Tap (and Convert) screens can be configured.
- Global : Flash Light support for devices supporting this feature (option in settings : the flash light can be used when typing or encoding morse code).
- Global : iPad adaptations. This application is now universal binary and can be used on iPhone, IPod and iPad.
- Global : Retina display enhancements.
- Global : VoiceOver accessibility improvements.
- Global : In-App SMS added (instead of using the external app) for devices supporting the feature (since iOS 4.0).
- Global : Text case automatic conversion option for the generated text (as defined in glossary, uppercases, lowercases).
- Global : Restructured Paddle type selection in Config screen (bottom tab bar visible, paddle types description).
- Global : New default theme.
- Global : Add a restore button in the in-app purchase screen, in case you have already purchased it.
- Global : Small bug fixes and improvements.
- Premium : New Quiz screen to test your skills. Highly configurable and different modes available (type the corresponding text, type the corresponding code, select the correct text, select the correct code, random quiz).
- Premium : New Koch trainer screen to learn Morse code, one letter after the other, thanks to this easy and configurable method.
v3.0.1
- Global : Fixing the sound problem on some iPod Touches.
- Global : Improved Headphones handling.
v3.0
- Wikipedia : New Wikipedia screen giving you access, in the application, to the web content of the Morse Code Wikipedia page.
- Mnemonic : New Visual Mnemonic screen, allowing to visualize and easily retain the Morse code alphabet.
- Tap : Text can be edited and exported to the clipboard, the SMS app and an In-app email.
- Decode : Text can be edited and exported to the clipboard, the SMS app and an In-app email.
- Decode : Click on the Decoding grid to reinitialize the automatic decoding algorithm.
- Encode : allow insertion of characters.
- Glossary : Units timing can be heard.
- Glossary : Nicer and restructured Alphabet screen (renamed Glossary)
- Glossary : Audio can be stopped if the selected item is selected again.
- Glossary : ≈ and ¡ characters added.
- Glossary : Accentuated characters capitalized in Glossary list.
- Global : Allows iPod Playback in the Morse-it App : Thanks to this feature, you can try to decode your own audio files.
- Global : Keeps playing/decoding when the screen is locked (to preserve battery life).
- Global : Avoid automatic screen lock from the device option in settings.
- Global : Allow screen reordering in the bottom navigation bar.
- Global : the not smooth tone is more reactive.
- Global : No audible clicks for keyboard.
- Global : More complete About screen that displays some web content without leaving the application.
- !! Exclusive !! : Premium features available as In-App purchases.
Prosigns, Macros, Dictionaries : abbreviations, QSOs, mnemonics, Timing (farnsworth) and Morse alphabet/prosigns personalization, look customization ... and more.
v2.1
- Tap : New key input types : Memory Paddle, Iambic Paddle (A and B). Left and right handed modes supported.
- Global : Enhanced audio smooth tone quality (Many thanks to Brent for his precious help).
- Global : Bigger Delete area for delete Buttons (all the top right screen area is used).
- Global : New icons in tab bar.
- Global : Adaptations to firmware 3.0.
v2.0
- Decode : New feature allowing to decode, in real time, the Morse code recorded from the microphone (if available) into Text.
Initial Morse code emission might be used for automatic calibration.
(The WPM, sound type and volume are automatically adjusted : they can change during the decoding process). - Tap : (was "Morse ->Text") A new automatic speed is available in settings (you can use this option if you don't want to specify the WPM).
Recognition will be adjusted automatically (allowing some WPM changes during time). - Tap : Text is not deleted anymore when the screen is changed.
- Encode : (was "Text -> Morse") Full screen can be toggled touching the flashing area.
2 new setting are available allowing to customize this new behavior. - Encode : Emission can be paused even during a mark.
- Encode : Avoid crash when translating an empty text.
- Global : Delete buttons added for each text boxes allowing to delete all the text.
- Global : Reorganization of the different screens : reorder, new icons, new labels.
- Global : UI improvements (more rounded corner, quicker list display,...).
- Alphabet : Changed the verbiage under the heading "Time Units" from "Intra-character gap" to "Intra-element gap".
v1.3
- Audio : Adaptation to firmware 2.2 (audio is now correctly activated when the Settings screen is left).
v1.2
- Global : The audio tones are ramped up and down to avoid the annoying 'pop' sounds.
- Morse->Text : Timing fix : The inter-letter and inter-word spacing were slightly too high.
- Settings : Another kind of sound can be used instead of the smooth one (the one that was used in v1.0).
v1.1
- Global : Improvements for quicker and more reactive morse encoding/decoding.
- Global : Improved audio Tones (smoother sinewave).
- Global : Nicer UI with rounded corners.
- Text->Morse : Not-Fullscreen mode displaying the decoding steps for every letter.
- Text->Morse : Configurable Color for fullscreen morse.
- Morse->Text : Novice mode, allowing to tap dots and dashed separately.
- Morse->Text : Currently tapped morse code displayed.
- Morse->Text : improved automatic scroll of the textbox.
- Settings : Bigger sliders displaying the selected values (%, Hz, WPM)
Availability
Morse-It can be purchased on iTunes App Store
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