Morse Code Translator & Audio Synthesizer

Morse Code is a digital telecommunication encoding method designed to transmit textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks. Developed in the 1830s by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for the commercial electric telegraph, the code translates individual letters, numbers, and punctuation marks into unique sequences of short duration signals called dots (or dits) and long duration signals called dashes (or dahs).

Modern telecommunications distinguish between two primary historical standards:

• International Morse Code (ITU Standard): The universally adopted modern standard defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R M.1677). It features a standardized alphabet, uniform numeric representation, and specialized procedural signals (prosigns) optimized for international radio transmissions.
• American Morse Code (Railroad Telegraphy): The original 19th-century telegraphic format used extensively across North American railroad networks. It utilized variable-length dashes and internal spaces within single characters, making it unsuitable for automated radio signal synthesis.

This application operates strictly on the International Morse Code standard, integrating a client-side Web Audio API synthesis engine to render real-time acoustic signals without server latency.

Morse code is a strictly timed binary code. Transmission speeds are specified in Words Per Minute (WPM). Because character lengths vary (e.g., "E" is a single dot, while "Q" is dash-dash-dot-dash), transmission speed is mathematically standardized using the benchmark word "PARIS".

The word "PARIS" was selected because its precise composition—including all inter-element, inter-letter, and inter-word gaps—equals exactly 50 fundamental dot duration units ($T$).