# Binary text translator

> Convert text to and from UTF-8 binary bytes.

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Tool ID: binary-text. Requested language: sa. Description language: en. Complete guide translation: no; untranslated sections use English.

## Overview (en)

Binary Text Translator converts text into binary, writing each UTF-8 byte as a group of eight 0s and 1s separated by spaces. Accented letters and emoji take more than one byte, so they produce several groups. Turn on Decode to text to convert binary back, using either space-separated bytes or one continuous string whose length is a multiple of 8.

## Supported tasks (en)

Convert text to and from UTF-8 binary bytes.

## Steps (en)

1. Type or paste your source, or load an example.
2. Change the basic settings or open Advanced mode to fine-tune the result.
3. Review and copy or download your result. Pause Live results to run manually. Sources or individual settings above 20,000 characters require an explicit run.

## Settings

- Decode to text (en; key: decode; type: checkbox)

## Limitations (en)

Text operations generally accept up to 2,000,000 characters. Individual parsers, generators and formulas apply additional limits shown by their controls.

## Example input

```text
Hello world.
A second line.
Café, İstanbul, 日本語, and 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.
```

## Privacy and connections (en)

This operation processes its source in your browser. Copy and download are explicit actions; source input is not saved in an account or history.

## Questions (en)

### Why does one letter turn into several bytes of binary?

The translator encodes text as UTF-8. Basic Latin letters, digits and punctuation take one byte, but letters like é use two bytes and most emoji use four, so each produces several eight-bit groups.

### How do I convert binary to text?

Enable Decode to text and paste the bits, either as eight-bit groups separated by spaces, such as 01001000 01101001, or as one unbroken string. The bytes are decoded as UTF-8, so that example gives Hi.

### Why do I get an error that the bytes are not valid UTF-8?

Decoding is strict, so the byte sequence must form valid UTF-8 characters. A missing or extra byte inside a multi-byte character, or bits copied from another encoding, causes this error. Each group must also be exactly eight bits.

### Where is my input processed?

This operation processes its source in your browser. Copy and download are explicit actions; source input is not saved in an account or history.

### What are the input limits?

Text operations generally accept up to 2,000,000 characters. Individual parsers, generators and formulas apply additional limits shown by their controls.

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