text2morse

Description

This utility converts text files to morse code .wav files.

Installation

The binary version should work on most Linux platforms. The program is written in plain C++, so it should be possible to compile it on other platforms without any problems. The source consists of only one .cpp file. Therefore compilation is straightforward. As a guidline:

  1. Download the source archive to your home directory (or any other directory you like)
  2. Untar the archive:
    $ tar xzf text2morse_0.2_src.tar.gz
  3. Change to the newly created text2morse directory and start the make process:
    $ cd text2morse-0.2
    $ make
  4. Start the program ... and start learning cw!!!

Usage

Usage: text2morse  -o <outfile> [-i <infile>] [-w <wpm>] [-p <pitch>] [-f <wpm>]
            [--] [--version] [-h]
Options: 
  -o <outfile>,  --outfile <outfile>
     (required)  Output filename
  -i <infile>,  --infile <infile>
     Input text file. If none is given read from stdin
  -w <wpm>,  --wpm <wpm>
     Speed in words per minute (PARIS), default=20wpm
  -p <pitch>,  --pitch <pitch>
     Tone pitch in Hz, default=600Hz
  -f <wpm>,  --farnsworthwpm <wpm>
     Farnsworth wpm
  --,  --ignore_rest
     Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag.
  --version
     Displays version information and exits.
  -h,  --help
     Displays usage information and exits.

So, for example you would type

$ text2morse -o qso.wav -i qso.txt -w 25 -f 20 -p 600

to get a morse code version of qso.txt with a character speed of 25 words per minute with character and word spaces stretched to yield a total of 20wpm at a 600Hz pitch.

Download

10-Oct-2007: version 0.2 [Linux binary (Ubuntu 7.04)]

27-Mar-2007: version 0.2 [Linux binary (Ubuntu 6.10)] [Source]

22-Mar-2007: version 0.1

License

text2morse is licensed under the MIT-License:

Copyright (c) 2007 Michael Wichmann

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

This software uses TCLAP for command line processing, which is also under the MIT License.