About Binary Code Translator
Binary Code Translator is an independently maintained browser-based project. It combines practical tools with explanations that show the assumptions behind an answer. General enquiries and technical corrections reach the project through the Contact page.
A project focused on readable results
The project addresses a common problem: one short bit string can be a number, a teaching-code letter, or incomplete text. A useful converter explains its interpretation instead of silently guessing.
The tools are for checking messages, learning encoding, reading printed binary, and making teaching graphics. They are free without an account. There is no public API, cloud history, or conversion server receiving your inputs.
How the examples are checked
ASCII and UTF-8 explanations link to reference sources. International ITA2 follows ITU-T S.1 (03/93), rejecting national/private assignments. Worked examples are tested against fixed expected values, alongside round-trip and malformed-input checks.
Local tests cover multilingual UTF-8, strict ASCII, long integers, A1Z26, ITA2 shifts, and export integrity. A clean synthetic OCR fixture checks a known input, not every photograph or browser.
These checks are not independent certification. The project is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Unicode Consortium or ITU. Unsupported formats remain explicit boundaries.
Corrections are part of maintenance
Content pages carry an editorial review date, changed after substantive review rather than on every build. Report the page, encoding, a small non-sensitive example, expected output, and a source supporting the correction.
Maintenance is identified by the project name. The Contact page separates general enquiries from technical corrections and privacy questions. No account or paid support plan is required.
Sources & verification
Reference material used for this explanation. The examples are reproducible with the tools on this site; see how they are checked.
- RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
- Unicode Consortium: UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 and BOM FAQ
- ITU-T S.1 (03/93), Table 1: International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2
Found a mismatch? Send a correction with a source.