BHF Converter

Extract text from dictation audio files (BHF)


Drop or upload your .BHF file
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How to extract text from your BHF file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BHF file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BHF to another file type

To convert BHF dictations to another format, you need BigHand or other Audio software.

Convert a file to BHF

To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Dictation Container" file type, you need software like BigHand or a similar tool.


About BHF files

The .BHF file extension is primarily associated with BigHand digital dictation software. It stores recorded voice dictations alongside workflow data, routinely used in legal and medical professions to securely route audio to transcriptionists. A secondary use is for storing chat history logs in the discontinued instant messaging client, Quiet Internet Pager (QIP). To open and process dictations, you typically need the proprietary BigHand desktop client or Philips SpeechLive. For chat logs, the legacy QIP client is required. These are highly closed files with significant disadvantages for standard users. A BigHand dictation file uses the Microsoft Compound file structure to encapsulate audio alongside metadata like the author name, urgency, and routing rules. This prevents standard media players from opening the file directly. You cannot simply double-click it on macOS or mobile devices without an enterprise software license. Users usually need to convert .BHF to standard audio formats like MP3 or WAV to listen without the original software, or to TXT to read old chat histories. However, standard online converters fail to process it because the format is a closed, enterprise-specific container. Often only the original software can properly read or export the raw audio. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view its internal structure, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BHF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert BHF file to , you can use BigHand or similar software from the "Digital Voice Dictation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BHF, try BigHand or another comparable tool in the "Digital Voice Dictation" category.



The BHF Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BHF converter.