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N1AUP

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Is there an android app where I can key in a set of letters, and the app will randomly send those letters at a speed and spacing that I specify?  I found one program that was close, but it wants me to respond on the phone as to what character I heard.  I just want to listen, not respond for a test.

Any suggestions?  The ones in the Google play store all seem to be something different.

Morse it does it sort of, but that only seems to be available for Iphone.

Thanks
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W7RPK

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"IZ2UUF" is the program for me, at least.  It is as close as you can get to a simplified programming language in "Settings." You can download a free copy to try out as long as you wish.  100% usable.  I recommend giving the programmer the small fee to keep him in the loop.  For that you gain a lot of additional "Pro" features.  And still the downloaded version into Android is 100% usable.

The only problem with this is your patience for learning how to use it.  What you want is a full featured program.  Are you willing to set it up just the way your want?  It is like the difference between Chess and Checkers.  Chess is a little harder to learn but with way more capacity for variations.  In this case, you put in a "String" of characters and then tell the program to present them to you in lots of different random ways.  Or, you have the program send a downloaded story, or list of characters to you in CW (on the fly made into code).  There are automatic generators embedded as well, such as the Call Signs generator. You can adjust the speed of the code sent to you.  You can even adjust the spacing between the characters and between the words generated on the fly.  You can adjust the pitch of the sent to you.  You can have a voice speak to you the code that was generated (to check it aurally). On and On and On.  It comes all set up with Koch and Farnsworth.  And you can dive in and make it work for you in an amazing array of ways, if you really want that of which you speak.  Go for it!

The program is in the Google Play Store.
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G8FXC

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Try Claus Morse Trainer. It sends strings chosen at random from a data file that you can configure. You can set it to speak the string after it's sent it in code - which makes it easy to check your accuracy without having to write it down. I have used it quite successfully for subliminal learning - I set it up with an exercise file and put the phone next to the bed where I can hear it, then go to sleep. It can run for a long period and I'm learning while asleep - my copying speed and accuracy improved noticeably over a period of a few weeks - and with no obvious effort!

Martin (G8FXC)
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W6MK

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Insisting on using random Morse Code characters does not reflect accurately how Morse Code is actually used. It may well make the learning process more challenging and difficult but I don't know what possible real advantage there may be. I am also aware that all sorts of theoretical advantages are used almost universally by Morse Code beginners to try to make learning somehow "better." To my mind learning something in a comfortable fashion is much preferable to some evanescent promise of instant high skill achievement.

Most Morse messages are, and always have been, to a large extent predictable. We use, more or less, standard message formats. This provides critical context so that one, with a little experience, can relax with the assurance that what is to come next will be expectable. First your call sign, then "de" and last their call sign and a go ahead.

Making life simple is the way to move forward. Make it more difficult than it needs to be may satisfy masochistic desires, but I don't go there.
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K7MEM

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I mostly agree with W6MK on using random characters. I never found them useful.

You can just put pre-recorded audio files on a web site and access them from any device. No app needed.

As an example, on my Morse Code web page, I have 120 simulated QSOs. 10 each at speeds from 5 to 27 WPM. I used these to prepare for the 20 WPM test, when it was still required. As the speed increases, so does the content. Just pick a speed that you are comfortable with and copy it. When you are copying about 90%, skip to a speed that 2 WPM faster. You will be surprised at the difference. But you have to push yourself a bit, it you want to improve.

I was working with these files at 25 WPM when I went for my 20 WPM CW tests. I passed with 100% copy.
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SK33T3R

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https://morsecode.ninja/

Admittedly, it's not a Android app per se.

Under the practice option, there are all kinds of different speeds, number/letter combinations, etc.
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