[nitsuaeekcm]

About ten years ago I set custom vibrations for my top contacts on my phone to be the Morse code representation of their initials. Ever since, I’ve had the super power of knowing who is texting or calling me without pulling out my phone. I’d say that alone has made a quick memorization of the alphabet worth it.

[WalterBright]

I have a patent on using a phone to send/receive Morse using a rocker switch. That way you could text without needing to look at the phone.

[SanderNL]

You have a patent on having a button on a phone?

[WalterBright]

More specifically, it is a rocker switch. One side is for dit, the other for dah. It makes the dits and dahs unambiguous, and easy for someone to quickly learn to use. I don't know of any phones with a rocker switch on them.

I thought it would be a fun thing to have on a phone.

[mhh__]

My phone has a physical Ring/Vibrate/Silent slider. Fairly big deal for a modern smartphone (sadly)

Really nice to be able to shut it up with wet hands.

[SanderNL]

That is kind of interesting actually. Thanks for sharing.

[youainti]

How did you do that? Do you have an app you recommend?

[dragontamer]

https://stendec.io/morse/koch.html

Koch method is to do "full speed" Morse code from the beginning, but only learn 1 or 2 letters at a time.

This Javascript page starts with the letters "k" and "m" for Lesson 1. Then, in Lesson 2, you learn "k, m, and r". Etc. etc.

The way the app works is click on the "k" to hear how "k" sounds. Then click on "m" for its sound. Finally, hit the "Start Lesson" button, and the computer will make a random mix of k and m (and extended pauses, which means "space").

You type in "k m k mm mmkkm" or similar into the textarea, and the computer then sees how accurate you were.

[Zecc]

Less than six months ago I found this same site and I was practicing religiously multiple times a day. Several weeks ago I interrupted my practice for one reason or another and last time I tried my score had dropped to below 40%. I need to start practicing again.

I haven't learned the full alphabet yet. I'm still missing letters q, g, h, z, x,c, v and all the digits.

Something I've found interesting is how much difference it made changing the tone frequency. My brain definitely got used to a certain tone initially, and when I first tried changing the tone my recognition ability dropped quite a bit. So now I change it occasionally to keep my brain on its proverbial toes.

I wish there was a way to practice just the letters I have more difficulty with; namely, the ones which were added later.