How to practise so it sticks
Morse is a listening skill before it is a reading skill. The people who learn fastest stop looking at the dots and dashes early and let their ears do the work. That is why this trainer has a switch to hide the signals: you hear the rhythm, you type, and you only see the shapes when you get it wrong.
Keep the sessions short and frequent. Ten rounds a few times a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with letters until the common ones come without thinking, move to words when your accuracy is above eight out of ten, and save sentences for when words feel easy. Speed matters less than you think: keep it at normal and let the gaps between letters do the teaching.
What the score means
Every correct answer earns points, longer answers earn more, and a run of correct answers adds a streak bonus. Hiding the signals doubles the points, because copying by ear is the real skill. Your best score per mode is saved on this device, so you always have a number to beat.
Accuracy is the number to watch. A high score with six of ten correct means you are guessing; eight or nine of ten at normal speed means the letters are yours. When you hit ten of ten twice in a row, move up a mode.
Letters, words, sentences
- Letters: single characters, the whole alphabet. The foundation. Aim for ten of ten before moving on.
- Words: short everyday words. You start hearing letters as groups instead of one at a time, which is what fluency feels like.
- Sentences: several words with proper word gaps. This is what real Morse conversation sounds like, and it is what the Morsable app is built around.