ASCII Converter

Although you can view most types of characters on your computer, especially if you have some particular font installed, characters can be encoded in different styles, with different output. For instance, ASCII attributes a number to characters you’re used to, and you can easily convert any text to this type with ASCII Converter.

A neat advantage is that the application can be stored and even used directly from a USB flash drive, requiring no installation to function. As a consequence, system registries remain intact, since they’re not a dependency, thus keeping the target PC’s health status intact.

Upon launch, the application shows the main window, with two distinct input panels, several function buttons, and a set of choices for more conversion options. Accommodation is a walk in the park, since there’s no other menu to go through, except what’s in plain sight.

The overall process is simple enough, and all you have to do is either write down the text you want to convert, or paste it in the upper field. What’s more, you can choose the number of bits to use, as well as type, with options for plain ASCII, web, URL, Char(), Char(.), as well as 0x.

A press of a button is enough to make ASCII Converter work its magic on your text. What’s more, you can have it copied to the clipboard without much effort, because there’s a function dedicated to this task.

Unfortunately, there’s no built in option to save converted text to specific file types, let alone the possibility to load at least TXT files. What’s more, the application isn’t able to reverse the conversion process, which means you can only convert to ASCII and not back.

To end with, ASCII Converter is a lightweight and straightforward character conversion that does exactly what the name suggests. There’s little flexibility in the amount of features put at your disposal, even though several types are available, and the lack of a reverse conversion is a shame. Luckily, you can carry it around and use on the go.