Morse Elmer Version 1.5 Released to the App Store

This update is mostly a catch up release, UI tweaks and refactoring to work with the latest hardware and iOS releases. A few bug fixes thrown in, QSO UI layout should be better, iOS File support improved.




Check it out! Morse Elmer v1.5

Welcome New Users!

So after a long lull in activity Morse Elmer has been thrust into the lime light again. Welcome everyone that learned of Morse Elmer from the recent Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube Video While I'm thrilled this app has been exposed to new people trying to learn CW, I'm a bit mortified at the state you find the app in... I've allowed the app to languish for far too long. While it still accomplishes most of what it tries to do, it hasn't kept up with the times. I mentioned in my previous post from 2019 that I was working on a new version. This is true... I'm in the process of completely rewriting the app in Swift. Unfortunately this rewrite is going very slowly and I have a bunch of new users and an antiquated app in the app store. Fortunately I started updated the existing app over the Christmas break. I've made a lot of progress and I'm happy to report that I should have an updated version ready to release in the near future. This version will handle working on the latest hardware and I'll try to include the bug fixes for the most onerous issues that have been reported. Thanks again for trying his app out and please comment here with your experiences and issues.

A New version is in the works!

Hi all, it has certainly been a long time. This little app just keeps chugging along! It's been on the back burner for a long time and definitely needs an update. I've started bringing the core app up to the latest iOS technology. That might be all I release in the next version. Once it's updated then I can look at new and updated features. Thanks to all who continue to use this. Morgan KI4OWG

Version 1.4 is available!

Well it's been quite awhile, but I finally managed to cobble together enough time to push out another release of Morse Elmer.

It's available in the App Store today.

• I've been playing with the idea of training by listening to a randomly generated QSO...  for the longest time I was unhappy with contents of the QSO.  Finally I decided on implementing a version simple QSO exchange (using a very formal format) just to see if anyone was interested.  There's more that could be done here, but if no one uses it I won't bother wasting cycles on it.  

• Version 1.4 includes the ability to use files in your Dropbox account for training - stevel

• I had a couple of requests to include the ability to vary the WPM over the training duration...  I settled on implementing a graduated wpm suggested by frankk.  If this is well received I can enhance it further.

• I've added the ability to exaggerate the spacing between words in files - martyr and added back in the ability to see the last letter transmitted as a HUD on the results tab - dougl

There was also a fair amount of reworking the internals of Morse Elmer to support some of the new functionality.  I hope everyone continues to find Morse Elmer useful and enjoys the new features.

Please use the Feedback section on the Settings tab to let me know what you think of Morse Elmer.

Remember every version needs to be reviewed!

Thanks again for your purchase and continued support.

Cheers,

Morgan
KI4OWG

Version 1.3 has been submitted to the App Store

It's been a long and busy year, but I've finally managed to put together my next release of Morse Elmer.

Version 1.3 has been submitted to the iOS App Store for approval.

This version supports iOS 7 and 4" iPhones.

I've added support for file based training sets.

I've tackled a couple of bugs people have been emailing me about.

Hopefully this will be approved shortly.

Bugfix version 1.2.2 submitted to the App Store

Well the title says most of it...

I had two bugs in version 1.2.1 that this new version will address.
There was an immediate crash of the app on devices using version 4.3.3, that has been resolved.
A number of people noticed that as of version 1.2.1 when the device screen locked any training audio cut off.  This has also been resolved in version 1.2.2

I've started laying out screens and functionality for version 1.3
So once this version is approved and in the store I'll continue working on 1.3

Cheers!

Version 1.2.1 Bugs

Well the latest version of Morse Elmer has been in the wild for a while and two bugs have been reported to me:

1.)  a crash on startup on devices running 4.3.3
2.)  the app will no longer play audio when the screen locks.

I have tested a fix for the second item and that is now integrated.
I just sent a test fix for the first item off to a generous user who's offered to help me diagnose this issue, since I no longer have anyway of testing code on OS version prior to 5.0

If these tests pan out, I'll do a quick turn around release 1.2.2 and then get back to working on version 1.3!

73's