Morse Code to Text Converter

About the Morse Code to Text Converter

What is this tool?

Paste any Morse code into the left box and this decoder translates it back to readable text as you type. It understands the international alphabet in full: all 26 letters, the digits 0 to 9 and 18 punctuation marks. It is also deliberately forgiving about formatting, because Morse code found in books, puzzles and websites rarely uses the exact same symbols. Typographic dots, bullets, en and em dashes, minus signs and underscores are all accepted, and you can change which characters separate letters and words if your source does something unusual.

Decoding is only half of it. The built-in player performs the code you pasted as sound and light with correct ITU timing, which is often the fastest way to double-check a transcription by ear. You can slow it down, change the tone, follow the highlighted letter as it plays, and save the whole thing as a WAV file. The tool works in both directions too: type plain text on the right and the Morse code appears on the left. Everything happens in your browser, so nothing you paste ever leaves your device.

How to Use This Tool

1. Paste the Morse code. Drop it into the left box, or use Open file to load a text file. The decoded message appears immediately on the right.
2. Check the separators. By default one space separates letters and a slash separates words. If your source uses something else, adjust the two separator fields and the text updates instantly.
3. Fix what did not decode. Any group of dots and dashes that is not a real Morse letter shows up as a small square in the text and is listed in a notice, so typos are easy to spot.
4. Listen to it. Press Play audio to hear the code with a flashing light and a live letter display, or Save as WAV to keep the sound.

Common Use Cases

• Solving puzzles: decode geocaching hints, escape room clues and ARG messages, even when they use unusual dot and dash characters.
• Checking homework and transcriptions: paste what you copied down from a radio exercise and see instantly which groups were wrong.
• Learning by ear: paste practice code, slow the playback down and follow the highlighted letters until the rhythm sticks.
• Encoding replies: type your answer as text and read the Morse code from the left box, or switch to the text to Morse code converter for the encoder-first layout.

Morse code chart

Every code this decoder recognizes. Look up a single letter here, or paste the whole message above and let the tool do the work.

Letters

Numbers

Punctuation & symbols

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I read Morse code?

Work letter by letter. Each group of dots and dashes between spaces is one letter, and a slash marks the end of a word. Look each group up in the chart above, or simply paste the code into the box and let the decoder do it for you.

What does the slash (/) mean in Morse code?

When Morse code is written down, a slash between groups stands for the space between two words. Some sources use a vertical bar or several spaces instead; you can tell the decoder which word separator your source uses in the options.

What does 3 dots mean in Morse code?

Three dots (...) is the letter S. Three dashes (---) is the letter O, which is how the famous distress signal SOS, ... --- ..., is built.

Why does a small square appear in my decoded text?

The square is a placeholder for a group of dots and dashes that does not exist in the international Morse alphabet. The exact sequences that could not be decoded are listed in the notice below the editors, so you can spot typos like a missing dot.

Does the decoder accept · and − instead of . and -?

Yes. Typographic middle dots, bullets, en dashes, em dashes, minus signs and even underscores are all normalized automatically, so Morse code copied from books or websites decodes without any cleanup.

Can I listen to the Morse code I pasted?

Yes. The player reads whatever is in the Morse code box, so you can hear exactly what you pasted, watch the flashing light, follow the letter being played, and even save the sound as a WAV file.

Is Morse code case-sensitive?

No. Morse code has no concept of uppercase or lowercase, there is only one code per letter. The decoder outputs uppercase letters, which is the convention operators have always used.

Is the Morse code I paste kept private?

Yes. Decoding and audio playback run entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste or play is transmitted to our servers.