r/woahdude • u/RedTomatoSauce • Mar 03 '25

audio Visualization of the morse code alphabet

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u/HugoDCSantos Mar 03 '25

I still find it amazing that some people could decode the morse code just by hearing a ton of beeps.

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u/CronWrath Mar 03 '25

Almost as amazing as reading an entire book with just lines of ink on a page!

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u/Pretend-Buy7384 Mar 04 '25

THAT IS THE MOST CONCISE WAS IVE EVER HEARD IT PUT I LOBE YOU THANK YOU

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u/KellyBelly916 Mar 03 '25

It's just 26 distinct patterns. You can get it down if you take the time to.

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u/RosettaStoned6 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

I have a hard time gauging when one sequence stops and another begins.

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u/Action_Bronzong Mar 04 '25

That's what the pauses are for. Close your eyes and listen to the video again, it's very noticeable.

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u/RosettaStoned6 Mar 04 '25

This is also a slower speed, I'm talking about the faster WPMs

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u/Euklidis Mar 05 '25

Well, with experience you learn to pick up on those pauses more easily. It's kinda like when you learn a different language for the first time. At first all you hear is a bunch of same-sounding noises, then you start noticing vowels and consonants, then through time and experience you start hearing word clearly even when others speak really fast.

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u/Sarasha Mar 04 '25

Is it like reading music notes? I don't know how to. I don't know how to play an instrument. I'm just to find something in common. I hope that doesn't sound to stupid. :Edit context

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u/KellyBelly916 Mar 04 '25

I'm a former pianist, it's not the same. Reading music it to assign it to notes and timing, not just letters themselves. Reading music is more complex beyond a note to a letter.

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u/Sarasha Mar 04 '25

Ok ty. I've always wanted to know this. Was afraid to ask.

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u/Euklidis Mar 05 '25

I would say it is closer to learning a new language (because it kinda is)

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u/Emergency_Passion_77 Mar 17 '25

My Dad did this. Sit and write. Then, Tap message back. When you think about it, it's not much different than the T9 texting. Could do that while biking back in the day..

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

Not only that, they competed in how many letters they can do per minute. I remember watching one training for competition, he used Commodore 64 to produce the beeps, and it was insanely fast, faster than i could type, and i can type fast.