Morseall - a Morse Code user interface

• Morseall allows you to tap Morse Code on the mouse buttons.
• You only need one button to use Morseall - but it is faster with two.
  The left button is for dots. Hold it longer for dashes.
  The right button is for dashes.
  Click the middle button to repeat keys.
• You can use Morseall at any pace. Fast or slow.
• Morseall lets you control the mouse with a special mouse mode!
  
• Morseall can use your existing accessibility switches!
• Ask a rehabilitation professional about wiring your
  sip & puff switch to the buttons of an off-the-shelf mouse.
  Share your stories of what works.

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• For Ubuntu 20.04
  morseall_0.5.2-1_all.deb
  Users must be a member of the "input" group:
  

  sudo usermod -a -G input $USER

• For other distributions
  • Git Repo Tarball morseall_0.5.2-1.git.tar.gz
  • Source code Tarball morseall_0.5.2-1.tar.gz
    See README.md for information about dependencies.

  Screenshots

  
  Morseall-0.4.2 Screenshot

  
  Morseall-0.1.7 Screenshot

  Features

  1. Anyone who can press a switch can use Morseall!
  2. You can go faster if you can control two or three buttons
  3. An Iambic Keyer is available for ultra-fast coding
  4. Audio feedback is given for each dot and dash
  5. Characters can be read aloud as they are typed for verification
  6. It works with a standard mouse! No custom hardware needed.
  7. On-line help is always visible for looking up codes
  8. Takes over the mouse so disabled users can maintain control.
  9. Code Timing is adjustable from within the program (seven dots=faster)
  10. A Configuration file allows you to set defaults (/etc/morseall.conf)
  11. A Reset feature helps users recover if the terminal gets stuck
  12. Visual feedback on your morse code timing as you key it
  13. Morseall is Free Software, Licensed under the GNU GPL v2

  Morseall for Rehabilitaiton

  One of our users operated Morseall with a chin swich. After significant, he recovered control over one finger. A rehabilitation specialist was able to position a mouse in his hand. The mouse was secured with a Velcro wrap to hold it in position. Morseall is an ideal solution for maintenance-free long term computer use.

  Morseall Project News

  • 2025-05-07
    Morseall-0.5.2 released
    Now packaged for Ubuntu 24.04. This verison is NOT ready for use.
    Changes to support Wayland are working for keyboard control.
    Grabbing the mouse is not yet supported in this version
  • 2008-12-10
    Morseall-0.5.0 released
    Now packaged for Ubuntu 8.04. Morseall is ready for consumer use.
    Thanks to Jan-Simon Möller and others for submitting patches!
    Your ideas on how to improve the relase are greatly appreciated.
  • 2004-11-19
    Morseall-0.4.8 released
    The most-recent code sequence is kept visible, for better sanity checking.
    A repeat code is available for users who cant hold it in for the normal repeat (some sip/puff users need this)
  • 2004-02-18
    Morseall-0.4.6 released Major feature additions in this release!
    An Iambic keyer is now available.
    Audio feedback is given for each dot and dash.
    The iambic keyer can be accessed from punctuation mode.
  • 2004-01-28
    Morseall-0.4.5 released This is a Major Bugfix release. All known issues with the previous version have been fixed.
    The configuration file has numeric settings that were previously ignored. These settings are now read correctly.
    There was a problem with the caret code causing Morseall to crash. This is now fixed.
    The less-than symbol now gives the right character instead of the greater-than as before.
    Help pages are organized in the order that codes are listed in the config file. Each mode has its own separate set of help pages to simplify operation.
    The exit command has been removed by default.
    The grab code has been changed to be longer and harder to type.
    Faster and Slower functions now increment by a percentage of speed instead of a fixed time step. The Faster code automatically ignores repeat commands so that users cannot accidentally set the speed so fast that they cannot slow down again.
    This version of morseall was developed on Redhat Fedora Core 1.
  • 2003-05-23
    Morseall-0.4.4 released This Gnome version of morseall was updated to work with Redhat 9. A bug introduced in 0.4.3 was fixed, allowing Mode to work again.
  • 2003-02-27
    Morseall-0.4.2 released Morseall supports tri-state locking for SHIFT, CONTROL, and ALT. Users can switch applications using ALT-Tab just like on a keyboard. A Help panel is included for the first time on Redhat 8.0. The "k" keymap command is also included in this release. Rotate between the three modes by tapping the mode command. The modes are "Keyboard", "Punctuation", and "Mouse". When morseall is in Mouse Mode, dots map to mouse motion commands.
  • 2003-02-16
    Morseall-0.4.1 released This version included the first hints of modifier key support, SHFIT, CONTROL, and ALT are available, but only with simple toggle. There is no SHIFT lock. Also, punctuation keys are starting to work.
  • 2003-01-16
    Morseall-0.4.0 released This version is a complete re-write from scratch. The reason for the rewrite is to support the new libraries included in Redhat 8.0. I had also worked on porting the previous implementation of morseall, but some library calls have not been working out. Rather than do a mixed Python/C project, I thought I'd try a rewrite just in C to minimize the complexity.
  • 2001-12-30
    Morseall-0.2.0 released On-line help has been added. The sound playback inteface now uses pygame and is much improved. A reset feature was implemented to let users start over if they get lost or stuck. Middle and Right mouse buttons allow you to enter morse code much faster. Improved installation and setup documenation.
  • 2000-09-03
    Morseall-0.1.7 released The text-to-speech interface has been improved and can be used as a simple screen reader. Festival is automatically detected if RPMs are installed. On Redhat-7.0 Festival RPMs are included on teh Redhat Powertools CD. This is very convenient as this packaging of Festival consists of only two RPMs, while under Redhat 6.X Festival was spread out over a dozen smaller RPM packages.
  • 2000-07-20
    Morseall-0.1.6 released A first-pass at a text-to-speech interface has been implemented. Now if you have Festival installed
  • 2000-07-08
    Morseall-0.1.5 released The only change is that morseall is now packaged as an RPM for easy install.
  • 2000-06-25
    Morseall-0.1.4 released Sound is included! Morseall Now speaks the characters as you type them. Originally I had intended to do this with the Festival Speech Sythesizer but that just didn't sound as good as recorded human voice. Now there are sound samples for every morse character. You can even turn *off* the sound by changing the configuration file.
  • 2000-06-07
    Morseall-0.1.3 released! This release fixes some annoying interface bugs that irritated me without being show stoppers. With these fixed up, morseall is starting to look like a tidy ship, ready to set sail on uncharted waters.
  • 2000-06-02
    Morseall-0.1.2 released! Please download and try it out. The isntallation is much improved. Please note, this tarball includes the source for gnome-python-1.0.53 with minor additions. Gnome-python will be built and installed automatically over existing tarballs or RPMS.
  • 2000-05-21
    Morseall Moved to http://Morseall.org The morseall project has been moved from Pehr.net to a zope server on morseall.org. Please let me know if you have any problems.
  • 2000-05-03
    Ask Slashdot: Interfaces For The Handicapped A question was posted to slashdot asking about assistive software for linux and how people can make computers more available to people with limited motor control. One answer, of course, is Morseall! Please download & try it out. Let me know how to fix it up.
  • 2000-02-17
    morseall-0.1.1.tar.gz Enabled codes for arrow keys, tab, ins,del, ctrl. It should run lynx & emacs -nw effectively. The only item left on the TODO is figuring out how to GRAB X events from within pygnome. Anybody have ideas?
  • 2000-02-15
    morseall-0.1.0.tar.gz Morseall has been ported from Tkinter to pygnome and pygtk. The GNOME zvt widget is used to provide a professional quality shell. Not all the keys or advanced options are supported yet. This version is *very* close to being an alpha release! Bring on the Users!
  • 2000-02-10
    morseall-0.0.4.tar.gz Morseall has been completely rewritten in Python for faster development and easier maintenance. This version provieds primative shell support, full screen cursor grab, a human-readable configuration file and lots more!
  • 1999-12-23
    The first public release of morseall is morseall-0.0.1.tar.gz. This code supports conversion of morse code to text in either a console or an xterm window.
  • 1999-12-10
    Morse 2000 Outreach has updated their site in a major way. It now has content, including a specification for how they hope to have a morse code interface for non-free operating systems.
  • 1999-11-10
    Phil contributes a threaded morse code state machine This code is GPL'd and is a very welcome contribution. morse-phil.tar.gz
  • 1999-11-06
    Peter Maxwell releases the first alpha test code This code implements a curses based mouse timer. Morse-v0.1.tar.gz
  • 1999-10-14
    Peter Maxwell's proposal is funded with $510 USD
  • 1999-10-13
    Peter Maxwell submits a Cosource Proposal
  • 1999-10-12
    Edward Popkov submits first f2s code
  • 1999-10-07
    Potential developers notified of status
  • 1999-10-06
    Cosource Request becomes Active
  • 1999-09-26
    updated the Request to point to this site
  • 1999-09-24
    Cosource Request For Proposal: Morse Code User Interface
    The MorseAll project's first Cosource request
    $400 in funding allocated for development

  Credits

  • Pehr Anderson pehratpehr.net -- primary developer
  • Jan Anderson janddersonatdaktel.com -- installation testing
  • Brian Short -- primary tester, daily user
    in Memorium - Brian Short, whom Morseall was designed for, has passed away

  Links

  • Morse2000 Worldwide Outreach -- Research on morse code in rehabilitation
  • Festival Speech Synthesizer -- We recommend downloading the the RPMs from the support-rpms section of the above download link.
  • Morsum Magnificat -- The Morse Magazine
  • Morse Codes for Computer Access -- Jim Lubin