Binary Text Converter Online
Convert text to binary (01010100...) or binary back to text.
What is Binary Text Converter?
Converts plain text to its binary representation (8-bit ASCII/UTF-8 binary strings) or decodes binary strings back to readable text. Each character is represented as an 8-bit binary number.
Common Use Cases
Computer science education, understanding character encoding, creating binary-style art or puzzles, debugging encoding issues, and cryptography demonstrations.
How It Works
Converts each character to its Unicode code point, then represents it as an 8-bit binary string. For decoding, splits on spaces and converts each 8-bit group back to a character.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does binary text look like?
"Hi" in binary is 01001000 01101001 — one 8-bit group per character.
Does it support Unicode characters?
Yes, for basic ASCII characters. Multi-byte Unicode characters are supported with proper UTF-8 binary representation.
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