Google created this feature in partnership with assistive technology developer Tania Finlayson, who was born with cerebral palsy and has been using Morse code to communicate since she was a child.

The Gboard Morse Code input method may seem like a joke, but here's the story about why it is there and how it has changed lives.

Morse code only uses two symbols (dots and dashes), making it an easy way for people with limited mobility to communicate.

During Google I/O today, the company announced that Gboard would soon support Morse code, a move inspired by developer Tania Finlayson who communicates through head movements that are translated ...

Samuel F.B. Morse patented an electric telegraph machine on June 20th 1840. In 1844, he gave a public demonstration of the telegraph by sending four words (“What hath God wrought?”) from the U ...

Today, hams using Morse Code often boast of their speed on their transmission keys. A novice must be able to send and receive five words a minute and an expert such as Thompson may work at better ...

If you want to learn Morse code and you don’t have a teacher, you’d probably just head over to a website or download a phone app. Before that, you probably bought a cassette tape or a ...

You might have to provide your own wrist straps and eye clamps, but if you want to learn Morse code, [Seth] has a web site for you. You can get code practice using the Farnsworth method and each ...