Modern Morse Code in Rehabilitation and Education: New Applications in Assistive Technology

by King, Thomas Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780205287512
• ISBN10: 0205287514
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Modern Morse Code in Rehabilitation and Education is designed to acquaint new learners with Morse Code and its clinical uses, while providing in-depth coverage of topics, detailed descriptions, examples, and explanations that will meet the needs of students and professionals. The author explains how basic body movements can be used to convey information to listeners and how computer devices translate Morse movements into speech, text, and graphics a new sign language. In addition to covering the history and background of Morse Code, this book contains specific instructions on how to teach, learn, and use Morse and other encoding methods in clinical settings. This book also contains and describes many practical teaching aids and methods.

Author Biography

Thomas Wayne King, a certified speech-language pathologist and special educator, has decades of experience helping people with severe communication challenges. He is an expert in Morse code and holds the highest FCC license in amateur radio (Extra Class).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Why Morse Code ... Now?	1	(18)
Background and Rationale	1	(1)
Modern Morse Code Rationales	2	(7)
Disadvantages of Morse Code	9	(1)
Advantages of Morse Code	10	(7)
Summary	17	(2)
Origins of Morse Code	19	(16)
Background and Rationale	19	(1)
A Brief History of Morse Code	19	(7)
Modern Morse Code Developments	26	(7)
Summary	33	(2)
Morse Code in Rehabilitation and Education	35	(22)
Background and Rationale	35	(1)
History of Morse Code Applications in Clinical Settings	35	(17)
Morse Beginnings---The Clement Article	36	(4)
Developments in the 1960s and 1970s	40	(3)
Developments in the 1980s and 1990s	43	(7)
Current and Future Trends	50	(2)
Other Morse-Like Methods Used in Rehabilitation and Education	52	(3)
Summary	55	(2)
No-Tech and Low-Tech Digital Encoding Applications	57	(23)
Background and Rationale	57	(1)
Digital Encoding for Communication	57	(21)
Binary Choice Encoding (Yes/No Method)	58	(2)
Sequential-Item Digital Encoding	60	(5)
Row--Column Matrix Encoding	65	(3)
Morse Code(s)	68	(8)
Other No-Tech and Low-Tech Digital Encoding Techniques for Communication	76	(2)
Summary	78	(2)
High-Tech Applications of Morse Code	80	(23)
Background and Rationale	80	(2)
Descriptions of Current and Recent Morse Code Emulation Products	82	(17)
Adap2U	82	(1)
Code Breaker, Code Scanner, Personal Code Explorer	83	(1)
DADA Entry	84	(1)
DARCI Card with Morse/Plus, DARCI Too	84	(4)
DEUCE	88	(1)
Discover KE:NX, Version 4.0 and Previous Versions	88	(1)
EvalPac, RealVoice	89	(1)
EZ Morse for DOS and Windows	90	(1)
HandiCODE, HandiWORD	90	(1)
JOUSE	91	(1)
Liberator II, LightTalker	91	(1)
LightWriter	92	(1)
Macaw 3, Macaw 3+, Big Blue Macaw, Green Macaw, Great Green Macaw	93	(2)
MiniMorse Keyboard and Mouse Emulator	95	(2)
Morse Code WSKE, Morse Code WSKE---No Voice, EZ Keys for DOS/Windows, EZ Keys for DOS/Windows---No Voice, Equalizer Morse	97	(1)
MORSEK 1.1	97	(1)
Morse LE, Morse Mouse	98	(1)
Text Entry Assessment Program (TEAP)	98	(1)
Summary	99	(4)
Learning and Teaching Morse Code in Rehabilitation Applications	103	(36)
Background and Rationale	103	(3)
Purposes of This Chapter	106	(2)
Who Can Use Morse Code	108	(1)
Cognition and Morse Code	109	(6)
Auditory-Based Methods for Learning and Teaching Morse Code	115	(6)
Switch and Interface Access Evaluation	121	(4)
Single-Switch Morse Code	122	(1)
Two-Switch Morse Code	122	(1)
Three-Switch Morse Code	122	(3)
Visual and Multimodal, Multisensory Methods for Learning and Teaching Morse Code	125	(7)
Special Case: Morse Code as a Modified Direct Selection Method	132	(5)
Summary	137	(2)
Current Issues and Future Directions	139	(12)
Background and Rationale	139	(1)
Some Important Current Issues	140	(1)
Awareness of Morse Code	141	(2)
Refinement of Morse Code	143	(3)
Refinements in Access to Morse Code	146	(2)
Learning and Teaching Morse Code	148	(1)
Summary and Final Thoughts	149	(2)
The Morse 2000 Worldwide Outreach	151	(6)
Background	151	(3)
How to Contact the Morse 2000 Worldwide Outreach	154	(1)
Morse 2000 on the World Wide Web	154	(1)
Morse 2000 Listserver	154	(2)
Goals and Future Directions	156	(1)
Glossary	157	(6)
References and Bibliography	163	(30)
Appendix A: International Morse Code Character Set and Morse Codes for Other Languages	193	(3)
Appendix B: Timing of Morse Code Elements	196	(2)
Appendix C: Some Structures and Structures for Teaching and Learning Morse Code	198	(4)
Appendix D: Comparisons of Morse Code Characters and Extensions across Several Adapted-Access Communication Devices	202	(16)
Appendix E: Some Commercially Available Products for Teaching and Learning Morse Code	218	(5)
Appendix F: Morse Code Teaching Icons	223	(14)
Appendix G: Multimedia Morse Code Teaching Icons	237	(19)
Appendix H: Morsin' Around!... Rhymes, Rhythms, and Touch to Help You Learn Morse Code Quickly	256	(36)
Appendix I: Some Morse Code Adapted-Access and Emulation Programs and Devices	292	(3)
Appendix J: Additional Resources	295	(6)
Index	301