During Google I/O today, the company announced that Gboard would soon support Morse code, a move inspired by developer Tania Finlayson who communicates through head movements that are translated into ...

Reviving a 200-year-old system, enthusiasts are putting the digit back in digital communication Larry Kahaner Larry Kahaner is an American journalist and author who resides in Bethesda, Maryland.

Morse code is a method of encoding words that was invented in the 19th Century as a way of transmitting messages over long distances. This was before the era of telephones and way before smartphones!

Google created this feature in partnership with assistive technology developer Tania Finlayson, who was born with cerebral palsy and has been using Morse code to communicate since she was a child. I'm ...

Google just released a new set of tools for Morse Code, including a game that can help you learn the method. Google Gboard for Android has had a Morse Code entry method, and now the feature is here ...

In case you’re not a former sailor or ham radio operator, the above is not a typesetting snafu. Those are the dashes and dots (or “dits” and “dahs,” as telegraph operators often vocalize them) that ...

Thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse, communication changed rapidly, and has been changing ever faster since. He invented the electric telegraph in 1832. It took six more years for him to standardize a code ...