You want to practise with real-world content — today's news, a blog post, a Wikipedia article — converted to Morse audio on the spot.
Where to Go
Tap CW Web Browsing on the launcher — the built-in browser opens immediately. Navigate to any page, then tap the Convert floating button to extract the article and start playback. Individual news articles, blog posts, and Wikipedia pages extract best; home pages and category listings are mostly navigation links and extract poorly.
Settings to Review
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Home URL — set
this to whatever site you read most often (default
https://arrl.org). - Basic characters only — on by default; strips symbols, emoji, and other characters without a Morse equivalent before encoding. Leave it on unless you specifically want full Unicode coverage.
- Exercise length does not apply here — unlike other training modes, a converted web article always plays start to finish regardless of your General → Exercise length setting. For a shorter session, pick a shorter article, or just tap Stop partway through.
- QRM / QRN — applies to web browsing too. Enable interference or atmospheric noise here for realistic band-condition practice on real content.
- Text display mode — Web Browsing has no TTS or HCB option, so this is the only lever for real ICR practice here. Set it to At text end or Chars as played instead of the default Progressive, so you're listening to the article rather than reading along with it.
- Don't write down what you hear. Follow and understand the article by ear as it plays — transcribing it defeats the point of listening practice.
When in doubt, navigate into a specific article rather than starting from a news
site's front page — e.g. arrl.org/news links to individual articles that
extract cleanly, whereas the front page itself is mostly headlines and menus.