[NLRS] Morse code on Google Gboard

[Paul Husby]

There is a smartphone keyboard app called Gboard for Android and iOS that
will now accept Morse code tapped on the screen and convert it to typed
letters.  You can read about it here:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-morse-code-google-gboard/

We've probably all at one time or another tapped out some code with a wire
lead to ground, which is only a tad clumsier than what this woman has to
do.  It makes me wonder, though, if a handicapped person has the motor
control in a couple fingers, how fantastic would it be to fix them up with
a finely-tuned keyer paddle?  A paddle is actually an incredibly flexible
input device...  set tight, it takes almost nothing to activate it;  set
loose, you can slap it rather wildly and still get the desired output.

I told my son, if I'm ever incapacitated, get me a paddle and a code
practice oscillator, and a code reader!  Actually, he'll probably just be
able to read it - or hear a voice translation - on his phone.

73
Paul W0UC