MicToMorse: Turning Mic Noise into Morse Code, Then into Voice

TL;DR

MicToMorse is a web-based accessibility tool that listens to your mic input, decodes short and long noise bursts into Morse code, translates that to plain text, and can optionally speak it. This was built by lilshottee101 in partnership with fenici. It’s raw, gritty, and made to work.

The Guts of the Project

What It Does

• Listens to mic input, no fancy sensors, just noise detection.
• Distinguishes short vs long sounds, turning them into dots and dashes.
• Decodes Morse into human-readable text.
• Optional text-to-speech (push-to-speak) feature lets the app talk back in your voice’s stead.

Why It Matters

This isn’t a toy. It’s accessibility built for people who can’t speak—like quadriplegics. The idea? Let them trigger Morse with something as simple as a click of the tongue, and the app takes it from there. No vocal cords? No problem.

Where It Lives

You can try it right now—no install required:

• Live demo: mictomorse.pages.dev
• Or run it locally after cloning the repo, MIT-licensed, so go nuts.

Behind the Scenes: Roadmap & Dev Reality

Planned Improvements

• Automatic volume threshold adjustment.
• Option to auto-speak completed words (so you don’t need to push a button).
• Keyboard shortcuts: e.g. “TK” expands to “Thanks”.

The Collab That Made It Happen

• lilshottee101 is the one who wrote the repo, MicToMorse exists because of them. It’s clearly their creation.
• fenici is the idea partner, they made it a two-person show, not a solo effort.

Why This Project Deserves Respect

1. Accessibility First - It solves a real problem, no fluff.
2. Live Demo Ready - You don't have to download or compile, it just works.
3. Open Source & MIT - Transparent, modifiable, and permissive.
4. Feature Roadmap Exists - Not a half-finished fluff piece. There's direction.
5. Lean, Purpose-Driven Design - No unnecessary bells and whistles punking up the UI.

The Hard Truth

This isn’t polished consumer software. It’s functional, bare-bones, and needs polish, but that’s exactly what you want in accessibility tools.

TL;DR Summary (The Unflinching Version)

If you need to let someone communicate with Morse through their microphone—without speech, this is your tool. It’s real, it works, and there’s more coming. No pontificating required.

Check it out. Share feedback. Help finish it. But don’t expect frills.