[@administrator]

We’ve had a couple of requests for morse input controllers. While I’m a ham radio operator and nominally know something about keying systems, I don’t know the conventions used in morse input for assistive technology.

A really good open-source platform for morse keying is Anthony ‘K3NG’ Good’s Arduino CW Keyer 2 platform. I’ve used it for some years and it’s very stable. It’s also got lots of options:

• can use almost any type of switch for single key (straight key) or dual key (iambic, or paddle) input
• lots of ways to vary the input speed
• can operate as a USB keyboard if you use an Arduino Leonardo or Micro (as used in the LipSync)

I’d be interested to hear if other people have better options.

[@mmc_jake]

Jim Lubin has pulled together a number of relevant resources here for using Morse Code for computer access / AAC:
https://www.makoa.org/jlubin/morsecode.htm 1

Jim is a member of the ATMakers Facebook group and uses a sip and puff switch with a (no longer available) AdapTek Interface Adap2U Adaptive Input Interface System to access and control a computer with Morse Code. I think ATMakers was working on a new device for Jim, but unsure of its status:https://github.com/ATMakersOrg/AirTalker 1

@MMC_Milad has developed a Morse Code library called EasyMorse (https://github.com/milador/EasyMorse 1) that is used by the FAIO Sip and Puff switch he designed (https://github.com/milador/FAIO_Sip-And-Puff 1).

The other open source Morse controller project I am aware of is Morse2Go, which is a Morse-to-speech device. It looks like development stalled some time ago.
Github: https://github.com/morse2go/morse2go
Site: https://www.morse2go.org/ 1 (Now defunct)
Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20180419181040/https://morse2go.org/

[@mmc_milad]

I have created the bluetooth version of EasyMorse (EasyMorseBlue) library for arduino compatible boards with on board Bluefruit bluetooth module.

EasyMorseBlue morse code library 3

It also comes with helper functions to easily send mouse and keyboard HID commands.

[@mmc_milad]

EasyMorse is now part of Arduino library Manager and can be installed with push of a button!

[@mmc_jake]

Here are a few more resources that were developed based on a Morse-compatible Android Keyboard / Gboard:

Hello Morse – Experiments with Google

Gboard Input Switch for Morse Code by Ken Finlayson – Experiments with Google
Gboard Input Switch for Morse Code : 15 Steps – Instructables 1

There are some great resources here for learning Morse code as well:
Morse – Learn

[@administrator]

Ooh, thanks! Those are great resources. First detail that strikes me is that the AT community has extended morse for keyboard/mouse events while radio users have stuck with a very small alphabet with an emphasis on speed and simplicity.

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