How To Convert Binary To Text Manually

Learn the fundamental principles and hands-on techniques to decipher binary data, empowering you to translate digital information into human-readable text effortlessly.

How To Convert Binary To Text Manually

Converting binary to text manually involves interpreting binary code in groups of eight bits, known as bytes. Each byte can represent a character based on the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) encoding scheme. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to convert binary to text manually:

Step 1: Understand Binary and ASCII

Binary Basics:
- Binary is a base-2 number system, consisting of only 0s and 1s.
- Each digit in binary is called a bit (binary digit).
- 8 bits make up a byte.
ASCII Encoding:
- ASCII assigns a unique numeric code to each character, such as letters, numbers, and symbols.

Step 2: Group Binary Digits

Divide the Binary String:
- Start by dividing the binary code into groups of 8 bits (1 byte).

Step 3: Convert Binary to Decimal

Convert Each Group:
- Treat each group of 8 bits as a binary number and convert it to decimal.
- For example, 11011010 in binary is converted to 218 in decimal.

Step 4: Find Corresponding ASCII Character

Use ASCII Table:
- Refer to an ASCII table to find the character associated with the decimal value.
- Most ASCII tables are arranged in numerical order, with the corresponding characters listed.

Step 5: Repeat for Each Group

Repeat the Process:
- Continue this process for each group of 8 bits in the binary string.

Example:

Let's convert the binary string 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 to text:

Grouping:
- 01001000, 01100101, 01101100, 01101100, 01101111
Conversion to Decimal:
- 01001000 in binary is 72 in decimal.
- 01100101 in binary is 101 in decimal.
- 01101100 in binary is 108 in decimal.
- 01101100 in binary is 108 in decimal.
- 01101111 in binary is 111 in decimal.
ASCII Characters:
- Look up the ASCII characters corresponding to the decimal values:
  - 72 is 'H'
  - 101 is 'e'
  - 108 is 'l'
  - 108 is 'l'
  - 111 is 'o'

So, the binary string 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 translates to the text "Hello."

Repeat these steps for different groups of binary digits until you've converted the entire binary string.

7-bit ASCII Character Codes Table:

Decimal	Octal	Hex	Binary	ASCII	Description
000	000	00	0000 0000	NUL	"null" character
001	001	01	0000 0001	SOH	start of header
002	002	02	0000 0010	STX	start of text
003	003	03	0000 0011	ETX	end of text
004	004	04	0000 0100	EOT	end of transmission
005	005	05	0000 0101	ENQ	enquiry
006	006	06	0000 0110	ACK	acknowledgment
007	007	07	0000 0111	BEL	bell
008	010	08	0000 1000	BS	backspace
009	011	09	0000 1001	HT	horizontal tab
010	012	0A	0000 1010	LF	line feed
011	013	0B	0000 1011	VT	vertical tab
012	014	0C	0000 1100	FF	form feed
013	015	0D	0000 1101	CR	carriage return
014	016	0E	0000 1110	SO	shift out
015	017	0F	0000 1111	SI	shift in
016	020	10	0001 0000	DLE	data link escape
017	021	11	0001 0001	DC1	device control 1 (XON)
018	022	12	0001 0010	DC2	device control 2
019	023	13	0001 0011	DC3	device control 3 (XOFF)
020	024	14	0001 0100	DC4	device control 4
021	025	15	0001 0101	NAK	negative acknowledgement
022	026	16	0001 0110	SYN	synchronous idle
023	027	17	0001 0111	ETB	end of transmission block
024	030	18	0001 1000	CAN	cancel
025	031	19	0001 1001	EM	end of medium
026	032	1A	0001 1010	SUB	substitute
027	033	1B	0001 1011	ESC	escape
028	034	1C	0001 1100	FS	file separator
029	035	1D	0001 1101	GS	group separator
030	036	1E	0001 1110	RS	request to send/record separator
031	037	1F	0001 1111	US	unit separator
032	040	20	0010 0000	SP	space
033	041	21	0010 0001	!	exclamation mark
034	042	22	0010 0010	"	double quote
035	043	23	0010 0011	#	number sign
036	044	24	0010 0100	$	dollar sign
037	045	25	0010 0101	%	percent
038	046	26	0010 0110	&	ampersand
039	047	27	0010 0111	'	single quote
040	050	28	0010 1000	(	left/opening parenthesis
041	051	29	0010 1001	)	right/closing parenthesis
042	052	2A	0010 1010	*	asterisk
043	053	2B	0010 1011	+	plus
044	054	2C	0010 1100	,	comma
045	055	2D	0010 1101	-	minus or dash
046	056	2E	0010 1110	.	dot
047	057	2F	0010 1111	/	forward slash
048	060	30	0011 0000	0
049	061	31	0011 0001	1
050	062	32	0011 0010	2
051	063	33	0011 0011	3
052	064	34	0011 0100	4
053	065	35	0011 0101	5
054	066	36	0011 0110	6
055	067	37	0011 0111	7
056	070	38	0011 1000	8
057	071	39	0011 1001	9
058	072	3A	0011 1010	:	colon
059	073	3B	0011 1011	;	semi-colon
060	074	3C	0011 1100	<	less than
061	075	3D	0011 1101	=	equal sign
062	076	3E	0011 1110	>	greater than
063	077	3F	0011 1111	?	question mark
064	100	40	0100 0000	@	"at" symbol
065	101	41	0100 0001	A
066	102	42	0100 0010	B
067	103	43	0100 0011	C
068	104	44	0100 0100	D
069	105	45	0100 0101	E
070	106	46	0100 0110	F
071	107	47	0100 0111	G
072	110	48	0100 1000	H
073	111	49	0100 1001	I
074	112	4A	0100 1010	J
075	113	4B	0100 1011	K
076	114	4C	0100 1100	L
077	115	4D	0100 1101	M
078	116	4E	0100 1110	N
079	117	4F	0100 1111	O
080	120	50	0101 0000	P
081	121	51	0101 0001	Q
082	122	52	0101 0010	R
083	123	53	0101 0011	S
084	124	54	0101 0100	T
085	125	55	0101 0101	U
086	126	56	0101 0110	V
087	127	57	0101 0111	W
088	130	58	0101 1000	X
089	131	59	0101 1001	Y
090	132	5A	0101 1010	Z
091	133	5B	0101 1011	[	left/opening bracket
092	134	5C	0101 1100	\	back slash
093	135	5D	0101 1101	]	right/closing bracket
094	136	5E	0101 1110	^	caret/circumflex
095	137	5F	0101 1111	_	underscore
096	140	60	0110 0000	`
097	141	61	0110 0001	a
098	142	62	0110 0010	b
099	143	63	0110 0011	c
100	144	64	0110 0100	d
101	145	65	0110 0101	e
102	146	66	0110 0110	f
103	147	67	0110 0111	g
104	150	68	0110 1000	h
105	151	69	0110 1001	i
106	152	6A	0110 1010	j
107	153	6B	0110 1011	k
108	154	6C	0110 1100	l
109	155	6D	0110 1101	m
110	156	6E	0110 1110	n
111	157	6F	0110 1111	o
112	160	70	0111 0000	p
113	161	71	0111 0001	q
114	162	72	0111 0010	r
115	163	73	0111 0011	s
116	164	74	0111 0100	t
117	165	75	0111 0101	u
118	166	76	0111 0110	v
119	167	77	0111 0111	w
120	170	78	0111 1000	x
121	171	79	0111 1001	y
122	172	7A	0111 1010	z
123	173	7B	0111 1011	{	left/opening brace
124	174	7C	0111 1100	\|	vertical bar
125	175	7D	0111 1101	}	right/closing brace
126	176	7E	0111 1110	~	tilde
127	177	7F	0111 1111	DEL	delete
128	200	80	1000 0000	Ç	capital letter c with cedilla
129	201	81	1000 0001	ü	letter u with diaeresis
130	202	82	1000 0010	é	letter e with acute
131	203	83	1000 0011	â	letter a with circumflex
132	204	84	1000 0100	ä	letter a with diaeresis
133	205	85	1000 0101	à	letter a with grave
134	206	86	1000 0110	å	letter a with ring above
135	207	87	1000 0111	ç	letter c with cedilla
136	210	88	1000 1000	ê	letter e with circumflex
137	211	89	1000 1001	ë	letter e with diaeresis
138	212	8A	1000 1010	è	letter e with grave
139	213	8B	1000 1011	ï	letter i with diaeresis
140	214	8C	1000 1100	î	letter i with circumflex
141	215	8D	1000 1101	ì	letter i with grave
142	216	8E	1000 1110	Ä	capital letter a with diaeresis
143	217	8F	1000 1111	Å	capital letter a with ring above
144	220	90	1001 0000	É	capital letter e with acute
145	221	91	1001 0001	æ	letter ae
146	222	92	1001 0010	Æ	capital letter ae
147	223	93	1001 0011	ô	letter o with circumflex
148	224	94	1001 0100	ö	letter o with diaeresis
149	225	95	1001 0101	ò	letter o with grave
150	226	96	1001 0110	û	letter u with circumflex
151	227	97	1001 0111	ù	letter u with grave
152	230	98	1001 1000	ÿ	letter y with diaeresis
153	231	99	1001 1001	Ö	capital letter o with diaeresis
154	232	9A	1001 1010	Ü	capital letter u with diaeresis
155	233	9B	1001 1011	¢	letter o with stroke
156	234	9C	1001 1100	£	pound sign
157	235	9D	1001 1101	¥	yen sign
158	236	9E	1001 1110	₧	peseta sign
159	237	9F	1001 1111	ƒ	letter f with hook
160	240	A0	1010 0000	á	letter a with acute
161	241	A1	1010 0001	í	letter i with acute
162	242	A2	1010 0010	ó	letter o with acute
163	243	A3	1010 0011	ú	letter u with acute
164	244	A4	1010 0100	ñ	letter n with tilde
165	245	A5	1010 0101	Ñ	capital letter n with tilde
166	246	A6	1010 0110	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
167	247	A7	1010 0111	º	masculine ordinal indicator
168	250	A8	1010 1000	¿	inverted question mark
169	251	A9	1010 1001	⌐	reversed not sign
170	252	AA	1010 1010	¬	not sign
171	253	AB	1010 1011	½	one half
172	254	AC	1010 1100	¼	one quarter
173	255	AD	1010 1101	¡	inverted exclamation mark
174	256	AE	1010 1110	«	left double angle quotation mark
175	257	AF	1010 1111	»	right double angle quotation mark
176	260	B0	1011 0000	░	light shade
177	261	B1	1011 0001	▒	medium shade
178	262	B2	1011 0010	▓	dark shade
179	263	B3	1011 0011	│	single vertical
180	264	B4	1011 0100	┤	single vertical and left
181	265	B5	1011 0101	╡	single vertical and double left
182	266	B6	1011 0110	╢	double vertical and single left
183	267	B7	1011 0111	╖	double down and single left
184	270	B8	1011 1000	╕	single down and double left
185	271	B9	1011 1001	╣	double vertical and left
186	272	BA	1011 1010	║	double vertical
187	273	BB	1011 1011	╗	double down and left
188	274	BC	1011 1100	╝	double up and left
189	275	BD	1011 1101	╜	double up and single left
190	276	BE	1011 1110	╛	single up and double left
191	277	BF	1011 1111	┐	single down and left
192	300	C0	1100 0000	└	single up and right
193	301	C1	1100 0001	┴	single up and horizontal
194	302	C2	1100 0010	┬	single down and horizontal
195	303	C3	1100 0011	├	single vertical and right
196	304	C4	1100 0100	─	single horizontal
197	305	C5	1100 0101	┼	single vertical and horizontal
198	306	C6	1100 0110	╞	single vertical and double right
199	307	C7	1100 0111	╟	double vertical and single right
200	310	C8	1100 1000	╚	double up and right
201	311	C9	1100 1001	╔	double down and right
202	312	CA	1100 1010	╩	double up and horizontal
203	313	CB	1100 1011	╦	double down and horizontal
204	314	CC	1100 1100	╠	double vertical and right
205	315	CD	1100 1101	═	double horizontal
206	316	CE	1100 1110	╬	double vertical and horizontal
207	317	CF	1100 1111	╧	single up and double horizontal
208	320	D0	1101 0000	╨	double up and single horizontal
209	321	D1	1101 0001	╤	single down and double horizontal
210	322	D2	1101 0010	╥	double down and single horizontal
211	323	D3	1101 0011	╙	double up and single right
212	324	D4	1101 0100	╘	single up and double right
213	325	D5	1101 0101	╒	single down and double right
214	326	D6	1101 0110	╓	double down and single right
215	327	D7	1101 0111	╫	double vertical and single horizontal
216	330	D8	1101 1000	╪	single vertical and double horizontal
217	331	D9	1101 1001	┘	single up and left
218	332	DA	1101 1010	┌	single down and right
219	333	DB	1101 1011	█	full block
220	334	DC	1101 1100	▄	bottom half block
221	335	DD	1101 1101	▌	left half block
222	336	DE	1101 1110	▐	right half block
223	337	DF	1101 1111	▀	top half block
224	340	E0	1110 0000	α	greek letter alpha
225	341	E1	1110 0001	ß	letter sharp s
226	342	E2	1110 0010	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
227	343	E3	1110 0011	π	greek letter pi
228	344	E4	1110 0100	Σ	greek capital letter sigma
229	345	E5	1110 0101	σ	greek letter sigma
230	346	E6	1110 0110	µ	micro sign
231	347	E7	1110 0111	τ	greek letter tau
232	350	E8	1110 1000	Φ	greek capital letter phi
233	351	E9	1110 1001	Θ	greek capital letter theta
234	352	EA	1110 1010	Ω	greek capital letter omega
235	353	EB	1110 1011	δ	greek letter delta
236	354	EC	1110 1100	∞	infinity
237	355	ED	1110 1101	φ	greek letter phi
238	356	EE	1110 1110	ε	greek letter epsilon
239	357	EF	1110 1111	∩	intersection
240	360	F0	1111 0000	≡	identical to
241	361	F1	1111 0001	±	plus-minus sign
242	362	F2	1111 0010	≥	greater than or equal to
243	363	F3	1111 0011	≤	less than or equal to
244	364	F4	1111 0100	⌠	top half integral
245	365	F5	1111 0101	⌡	bottom half integral
246	366	F6	1111 0110	÷	division sign
247	367	F7	1111 0111	≈	almost equal to
248	370	F8	1111 1000	°	degree sign
249	371	F9	1111 1001	∙	bullet operator
250	372	FA	1111 1010	·	middle dot
251	373	FB	1111 1011	√	square root
252	374	FC	1111 1100	ⁿ	superscript n
253	375	FD	1111 1101	²	superscript 2
254	376	FE	1111 1110	■	black square
255	377	FF	1111 1111		no-break space

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