Introducing the Binary to Text Converter — Two-Way and UTF-8 Aware

The new Binary to Text Converter converts between readable text and 8-bit binary in both directions — instantly and entirely in your browser.

What it does

• Encodes text into space-separated 8-bit binary.
• Decodes binary back into text, ignoring spaces, tabs, newlines, and commas.
• Handles UTF-8, so emoji and accented characters round-trip correctly.
• Swaps input and output with one click, and shows live byte, character, and bit counts.

Why we built it

Binary is how computers store every character, but it’s unreadable to people. This converter makes the mapping concrete — type your name and watch each letter become eight bits — which is great for learning, teaching, decoding a shared snippet, or building a puzzle. Being UTF-8 aware means it behaves exactly like real software, not just for plain English but for any modern text.

Try it

Open the Binary to Text Converter and convert a few words. To understand the encoding behind it — ASCII, UTF-8, and why bytes are eight bits — read How Binary Represents Text. To convert between number bases, see the Binary Converter.