Learn and Practice Morse Code.
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Released December 15, 2008
MorseRabbit is a small utility designed to help you learn to tap and understand Morse Code.
MorseRabbit has two training modes, each with 5 levels of difficulty:
- Normal Mode: You are provided with a morse code sequence (both the visual and audible representation) and are expected to type in the correct word in time.
- Reverse Mode: You are provided with an alphabetic sequence or a word, and are expected to tap the corresponding morse code.
After you master the 5 training levels, you can continue your morse education with these lessons:
- Lesson 6 - Words
This lesson uses dictionary words instead of random letters.
- Lessons 7 and above
In these lessons you practice aspects of morse code that are beyond just knowing the alphabet. You can practice Prosigns (like the well known SOS), abbreviations and Q-Codes.
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Installation
MorseRabbit requires no installation.
If you have downloaded the compiled version, extract the ZIP archive to a new folder and run the MorseRabbit executable.
To uninstall, delete all files.
Usage
If you want to: Tap a morse sequence to see what word it generates
- Stop the training if it is running.
- Start tapping the Spacebar.
- You may adjust the speed slider, to tell MorseRabbit how to listen to your taps.
If you want to: Train in understanding morse code.
- Make sure the Reverse Training checkbox is clear.
- Select a difficulty level.
- Press the Start button*.
- Now, type the letters representing the morse code you hear.
If you want to: Train in tapping morse code.
- Make sure the Reverse Training checkbox is checked.
- Select a difficulty level.
- Press the Start button*.
- Now, use the spacebar to tap the morse code for the letter. Short press for a DIT, long press for a DAH**.
- Pressing backspace, left arrow or delete, will mark the word as failed.
* Note that if you change level and press Start, MorseRabbit will reload itself, in order to re-generate the help table.
** Note that the Speed slider is considered when you tap the spacebar. When it is moved to the right, you are expected to tap the code faster.
Interface
Lesson Dropdown List
Select a lesson to practice:
- Lesson 1 will generate 1 character, that requires only one morse tap
- Lesson 2 will generate 2 characters, that require 1 or 2 taps
- Lesson 3 will generate 3 characters, that require 1, 2 or 3 taps and so on.
- ...
- Lesson 6 (Words) will generate a word from the dictionary or a number.
Words are taken from the Words.txt file
- Lessons 7 and above will generate a phrase from any of the files in the "words" folder (exclusing the dictionary file "Words.txt")
Morse Sound Dropdown List
Select the sound type that is used (in all modes).
Speed Slider
Move this slider to the left for a slower training, and to the right for a faster training.
This slider may be moved during training.
Help Dropdown List
Select the displayed help type and reloads (see below).
Reverse Training Checkbox
When enabled, you will be requested to tap the morse code (using Space) instead of typing the alphabetic word. See Usage above.
Blind Checkbox
When enabled, will not display the morse code when in Normal Training mode. Has no effect on Reverse Training or on free morse tapping.
Start/Stop Button
Starts/Stops the training.
Also Ctrl+Enter to start/stop.
Also ESC to stop.
Level-Sensitive Morse Help
You may choose to view one of two types of helpful information during your training.
- Select the Tree help to show a morse tree.
- Select the Table help to show a table of letters and codes.
In both cases, only the letters that are needed (according to the difficulty level you have selected) will be displayed.
When you feel that you no longer need any help, you may disable the help area on the interface.
In lessons 7 and above, there is only one type of help, which will show the phrase and its morse code or abbreviation.
