Software.MorseCoder
Last updated on Sat Nov 07, 2009 |

Send cryptic messages to your friends! Learn the historically significant art of telegraphic transmissions! Decode the secret message at the beginning of Rush's song, YYZ! Do all of this and more with MorseCoder.

MorseCoder is a free, open source, desktop application designed to translate messages from Latin characters to the dahs and dits of Morse Code and back again. Plus, by turning the audio on, you can even hear what your Morse Code message might sound like over the wire! Using MorseCoder you can learn the code for up to 54 different characters, including the complete Latin alphabet, the numbers 0 - 9, and 9 additional non-alphanumeric characters. Decode morse code, learn morse code, send morse code, read morse code, write morse code!

This program was written using Perl 5.8 and the Tk toolkit. Two versions of MorseCoder are available for download below. The "Pre-packaged" version comes in a self-extracting installer that will walk you through the installation process. Please note, this version is for MS Windows operating systems only. The "Source Code Only" version comes with the complete program and related asset files, but you will need to install Perl and the Tk toolkit on your computer before you can use MorseCode. (The latest version of Perl is available from http://www.perl.com, and the latest version of the Tk toolkit for Perl is available via CPAN Download.)

All of MorseCoder's graphics were created using the GIMP image software, and all sound files were created using a Yamaha keyboard and the Audacity audio editor and recorder. MorseCoder is distributed under the GPL license and includes all source code files needed to modify and re-build the program.

* Confused about which version to download? If you're a Windows user who only wants to be able to use MorseCoder, download the "Self-Extracting" version. All others, download the zip archive.