Take one IpaQ running WinCE, on a strongARM processor, with built in microphone.<P>Add a dash of MS eMbedded Visual Tools (eVB and eC++), a hefty dose of Ars Software Colloquium advice and simmer for ...

Morse code is a method of encoding words that was invented in the 19th Century as a way of transmitting messages over long distances. This was before the era of telephones and way before smartphones!

One of the most monotonous kinds of skilled work that still survive in a world of automation is the on-the-spot translation of hand-keyed Morse code into written language. This week the C.G.S.