Write in Morse code

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
2. Tap System Languages & input.
3. Tap Virtual keyboard Gboard.
4. Tap Languages English (U.S.).
5. Swipe right through the options, and then tap Morse code.
6. Tap Done.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open any app that you can type with, like Gmail or Keep.
2. Tap where you can enter text.
3. Tap the Globe . If you have other languages set up, tap again until you reach Morse code.
4. Enter text using the dot (.) and dash (-).

Gboard will automatically recognize the keys your switch device has assigned to the dot (.) and dash (-) characters.

You can use Android Switch Access to enter Morse code with an external switch device.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
2. Tap System Languages & input Physical keyboard.
3. Turn on Show virtual keyboard.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
2. Tap System Languages & input.
3. Tap Virtual keyboard Gboard.
4. Tap Languages Morse code.
5. From here, you can turn on settings, like Sound on keypress, Character timeout, and Enable key repeat.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, follow steps 1-4 in "Change settings for Morse layout."
2. Turn on Sound on keypress.

You can change how long Gboard waits before it turns a Morse code sequence into a letter. You can also send each letter manually.

• Change how long Gboard waits:
  1. Touch and hold the spacebar.
  2. Tap Language Settings Morse (U.S.) Character timeout.
• Send a letter to the text field manually:
  1. Set "Character timeout" to "Never."
  2. Tap the spacebar where you find the Morse code.

If you turn on this feature, you can control how long before letters turn into words when you type.

• This setting is off by default, so there's no timeout.
• If you set the timeout to one second, and then type "hello," your keyboard adds the word and a space to the text field after one second.

To repeat keystrokes: Hold down the dot (.) or dash (-).

When key repeat is on, you can:

• Set when to start repeating
• Set the speed of the repeat rate

Get more help

For more help with Morse code, contact the Google Disability Support team.