Version 9.5
Version 9.5 includes a major technical update (the transition from .NET 9 to .NET 10, and updates for Android 16). These changes were necessary for further development. In addition to these updates, this version also includes the following new features: keyboard shortcuts support, and improved screen utilization when playing messages in the translator, improved translations to other languages.
Translator
The translator supports keyboard shortcuts.
When you are in the editation mode, the following shortcuts are available:
| Key shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help - open this website (Windows only) |
| F2 | Show/hide text for translation (text in the top panel) |
| F3 | Show/hide translation (text in the bottom panel) |
| F4 | Show/hide both texts |
| F5 | Play the message using the speaker (or Ctrl + P) |
| F6 | Play the message using the vibrations |
| F7 | Play the message using the flashlight |
| Ctrl + N | New document (the current text is deleted) |
| Ctrl + O | Open from - the text to be translated is loaded from a txt file |
| Ctrl + S | Save to - the translated text is saved to a txt file |
| Ctrl + R | Generate a random text |
When playing a message, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts:
| Key shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| P | Pause/resume playback (or F5/ F6/ F7) |
| S | Stop playback |
| , | Replay the previous (fully played) word |
| . | Skip the current word and play the following one |
| ← / → | Move to the next/previous character |
| Ctrl + ← / Ctrl + → | Move to the next/previous word |
| Ctrl + Shift + ← | Move to the beginning of the message |
| L | Turn message playback looping on or off |
| E, or F2 | Show/hide the text in the top panel |
| D, or F3 | Show/hide the translation in the bottom panel |
| C, or F4 | Show/hide both texts |
This is very useful when practicing listening. When you connect a keyboard (either Bluetooth or via a USB adapter), you can use these shortcuts to easily pause the audio, replay a word you didn’t catch, or hide and then reveal the text being played to check if you heard the message correctly.
The keyboard shortcuts for the playback has been chosed so that they would be partially compatible with LICW Morse Practice Page.
Another improvement to the translator is that when you start playing a message, the row of buttons that cannot be used in playback mode is hidden. This gives you more space to view the message itself.
Manual sending page
Keyboard support has also been improved on this page. You can also use the left/right Ctrl keys, or the [ or ] keys for the sending. This should allow you to connect a physical key to your phone using VBand or a similar device that simulates a hardware keyboard.
Translations
- Q-Codes have been translated to Russian by Максиму М. Thank you!
- For all other languages that were missing Q-Codes translations, the Q-codes have been translated at least using Google Translate.
- Corrections of the texts for many languages.
Minor updates
9.5.21 - Optimization of the sound in the learning, Morse Codes list and Q-codes list for Android (the sounds are played directly from memory instead of saving them to a file first). Better support for receiving text files sent for the translation from other apps. Updated libraries.
9.5.18 – Improved keyboard shortcuts reliablity (mainly on Windows). Bug fixes and updated libraries.
9.5.15 – Support for other keyboard shortcuts has been added into the translator (F1 to F7, Ctrl+R). Improved behavior of the keys “.” and “,” when a message is being transmitted.
9.5.11 - The lates version for Windows. Support Ctrl+O and Ctrl+S has been added. Moreover, the version contains Windows specific bug fixes.
9.5.9 - The lates version for Android