How do I translate binary to English?

Choose Binary → Text and paste the 0s and 1s. Groups can be separated by spaces, commas or new lines, or written as one long string whose length is a multiple of 8.

Why does my binary give strange characters?

Usually a bit is missing or extra, which shifts every group after it. Check that each group has exactly 8 digits.

Is binary code the same as ASCII?

ASCII is the table that assigns numbers to characters (A = 65). Binary is just one way to write those numbers. For text outside ASCII this translator uses UTF-8.

What does 01001000 01101001 mean?

It is "Hi": 01001000 is 72 (H) and 01101001 is 105 (i).

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How do you read binary code?

Split the code into groups of 8 bits, turn each group into a number, and look the number up as a character. Each bit from left to right is worth 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1. Add the values where there is a 1.

Bit value	128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1	Sum
`01001000`	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	64 + 8 = 72 = H
`01101001`	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	64 + 32 + 8 + 1 = 105 = i

So 01001000 01101001 reads "Hi". The translator does this for every group, and handles multi-byte UTF-8 characters such as é or emoji.

What is "hello" in binary?

"hello" in lowercase is 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111. With a capital H, "Hello" is 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111. Upper and lower case differ by one bit: the third bit from the left (value 32).

What is "I love you" in binary code?

01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101. The groups 00100000 are the spaces between words.

Binary alphabet chart (A–Z)

Letter	Binary	Letter	Binary
A	`01000001`	a	`01100001`
B	`01000010`	b	`01100010`
C	`01000011`	c	`01100011`
D	`01000100`	d	`01100100`
E	`01000101`	e	`01100101`
F	`01000110`	f	`01100110`
G	`01000111`	g	`01100111`
H	`01001000`	h	`01101000`
I	`01001001`	i	`01101001`
J	`01001010`	j	`01101010`
K	`01001011`	k	`01101011`
L	`01001100`	l	`01101100`
M	`01001101`	m	`01101101`
N	`01001110`	n	`01101110`
O	`01001111`	o	`01101111`
P	`01010000`	p	`01110000`
Q	`01010001`	q	`01110001`
R	`01010010`	r	`01110010`
S	`01010011`	s	`01110011`
T	`01010100`	t	`01110100`
U	`01010101`	u	`01110101`
V	`01010110`	v	`01110110`
W	`01010111`	w	`01110111`
X	`01011000`	x	`01111000`
Y	`01011001`	y	`01111001`
Z	`01011010`	z	`01111010`

Why are there 8 digits for each letter?

Computers store text in bytes, and a byte is 8 bits. Basic ASCII characters only need 7 bits, so their first bit is always 0. Characters outside ASCII are stored in UTF-8 as 2–4 bytes, so "é" becomes 11000011 10101001.

Binary to numbers instead of letters?

If 1011 should mean the number eleven rather than a character, use the binary to decimal converter, which also shows the working step by step.

Can I translate binary from a picture?

This page reads typed or pasted 0s and 1s. For a photo, type the digits in or copy them from a text-recognition app first; the translator accepts groups with or without spaces.

Sources: RFC 3629 (UTF-8) · RFC 20 (ASCII format). Checked October 2026.