• FuryMaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    How does one distinguish between “Tea” and “X”?

    Both are dash dot dot dash.

    Are there gaps between words or letters?

    • avguser@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      International Morse code is composed of five elements:

      • short mark, dot or dit: “dit duration” is one time unit long
      • long mark, dash or dah: three time units long
      • inter-element gap between the dits and dahs within a character: one dot duration or one unit long
      • short gap (between letters): three time units long
      • medium gap (between words): seven time units long (formerly five)
      • prayer@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 months ago

        So in between every sound is a silent dot, between letter a silent dash, and every word ~2 silent dashes