Extract text from Boardmaker boards (BM2)
To convert BM2 boards to another format, you need Boardmaker or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Special Education (AAC)" file type, you need software like Boardmaker or a similar tool.
The .BM2 extension is most frequently associated with a Boardmaker Interactive Board, a digital page layout created using Boardmaker software (originally by Mayer-Johnson, now Tobii Dynavox). These files are the standard for creating AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) materials, visual schedules, and symbol-based educational grids using the proprietary Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) library.
For educators and parents, the .BM2 format presents significant friction: it is a proprietary binary container that cannot be opened by standard image viewers, web browsers, or Microsoft Word. To view or print these files, users typically require a licensed copy of Boardmaker v6 or the newer Boardmaker 7 subscription. Because of this lock-in, the most common conversion need is transforming .BM2 to PDF (for universal printing) or JPG (for digital sharing on tablets).
Secondary Use Case: In rare gaming contexts, a .BM2 file may be a Subspace Bitmap used by the legacy game Subspace/Continuum. In this specific instance, the file is actually a standard BMP image with a renamed extension.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BM2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BMP, TST, BPF, PDF, SSBOARD and BM3 files.
If you want to convert BM2 file to PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use Boardmaker or similar software from the "AAC Communication Board Layout" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to BM2, try Boardmaker or another comparable tool in the "AAC Communication Board Layout" category.
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 BM2 converter.