Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BNL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert BNL to another file type
To convert your BNL file to another format, you need Albi Magic Reading Pen or other Data software.
Convert a file to BNL
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Audio Package" file type, you need software like Albi Magic Reading Pen or a similar tool.
About BNL files
A .BNL file acts as a specialized data container, primarily associated with educational hardware like the Albi Magic Reading Pen and Besta electronic dictionaries. In the context of the Albi pen, this file functions as an interactive audio package, mapping specific coordinates on a physical book page to audio clips stored within the file. Users typically encounter friction because these files are proprietary binary blobs; they are not standard audio files and cannot be opened by double-clicking in Windows Media Player or VLC. The 'lock-in' to specific hardware means users cannot easily audit the content or listen to the audio tracks on a computer or smartphone. For archiving or accessibility, the ideal workflow involves converting or extracting the internal audio streams to MP3 or WAV formats. For Besta dictionary users, converting the database content to TXT or CSV allows for easier editing and importing into modern flashcard apps like Anki.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BNL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert BNL file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Albi Magic Reading Pen or similar software from the "Interactive Book Audio Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to BNL, try Albi Magic Reading Pen or another comparable tool in the "Interactive Book Audio Data" category.
The BNL 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 BNL converter.