Talk:Standard Arabic Technical Transliteration System

I think stating it's the "morse code equivalent" is inaccurate; it's used for verbatim transcription, not merely as an ASCII transliteration for transmission. Its main benefit is the fact no special equipment is needed (ie, a QWERTY keyboard is sufficient, since only Latin characters are used). Wbruce 07:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

It is referred to as "Morse code equivalents" because the Morse code is the basis for the transliteration system. The reason that the Arabic letter Ta' is transliterated as U is that in Morse code, the letter Ta' is represented by ..- (dit dit dah), which in the Latin alphabet represent the letter U. In any case, whether it is used for transcription or transmission is irrelevant. Mr.Slade (talk) 23:30, 17 June 2017 (UTC)