Paste your binary code into the input field and the Binary to Text Converter instantly decodes it into readable text. Enter space-separated 8-bit binary groups (e.g. 01000001 01000010) and choose your character encoding — ASCII/UTF-8 or UTF-16. The converter outputs the decoded plain text string along with a character count so you can verify your result.
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Character Count
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To convert binary to text, split your binary string into 8-bit groups. Convert each 8-bit group from binary (base-2) to a decimal number, then look up that decimal value in the ASCII table to find the corresponding character. For example, 01000001 in binary equals 65 in decimal, which maps to the letter 'A' in ASCII.
Paste your binary code into the input box, making sure each byte (8 bits) is separated by a space. Select your character encoding (ASCII/UTF-8 is the most common), then click Convert. The decoded plain text will appear immediately in the output area, along with a character count and a breakdown table.
The binary value 01000001 converts to decimal 65, which represents the uppercase letter 'A' in the ASCII character table. You can verify this by entering 01000001 into the converter above and clicking Convert.
The binary value 00110000 converts to decimal 48, which is the ASCII code for the character '0' (the digit zero). Binary values from 00110000 to 00111001 represent the digit characters 0 through 9 in ASCII.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding standard that maps numbers 0–127 to letters, digits, and symbols. When computers store text in binary, each character is typically represented as an 8-bit binary number corresponding to its ASCII code. This is why binary-to-text conversion relies on the ASCII table.
ASCII and UTF-8 represent standard English characters using 8 bits (1 byte) per character. UTF-16 uses 16 bits (2 bytes) per character, which allows it to represent a much wider range of international characters and symbols. For most everyday binary-to-text conversions involving English text, ASCII/UTF-8 is the correct choice.
Yes, for reliable conversion each 8-bit binary group should be separated by a space. Without delimiters, the converter cannot tell where one character's binary code ends and the next begins. For example, enter '01001000 01101001' rather than '0100100001101001' to correctly decode 'Hi'.
This tool converts binary to text. To go the other direction and convert readable text back into binary code, you would need a Text to Binary Converter, which encodes each character as its 8-bit ASCII binary equivalent.