BRL Converter

Extract text from BRL files

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Drop or upload your .BRL file

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How to extract text from your BRL file

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

Convert BRL to another file type

To convert your BRL file to another format, you need MarkAny e-PageSafer or other Encoded software.

BRL to TXT
BRL to RTF
BRL to DOC
BRL to DOCX
BRL to ODT
BRL to PAGES
BRL to TEX
BRL to LATEX
BRL to MD
BRL to MARKDOWN
BRL to LOG
BRL to NFO

Convert a file to BRL

To convert other file formats to the "Secure Digital Certificate" file type, you need software like MarkAny e-PageSafer or a similar tool.

PDF to BRL
DOC to BRL
ASC to BRL
TODO to BRL
NFO to BRL
MEMO to BRL
README to BRL
DOCX to BRL
JPG to BRL
TXT to BRL
NOTE to BRL
RTF to BRL

About BRL files

The .BRL extension refers to two completely different file formats, each requiring unique handling.

1. MarkAny Secure Document (Most Common): These are high-security encrypted files generated by MarkAny e-PageSafer software, widely used by government and financial institutions (especially in South Korea) for tax forms, birth certificates, and official transcripts.

The Problem: They are heavily DRM-protected, proprietary, and often Windows-only. They cannot be opened by standard PDF viewers or converted directly by third-party tools due to anti-forgery encryption.
The Solution: Users must open these using the official MarkAny viewer plugin provided by the issuing agency. To "convert" them for archiving, the only reliable method is using the viewer's print function to print to PDF, provided the DRM settings allow virtual printing.

2. Braille ASCII File: These are accessibility documents used by software like Duxbury DBT and refreshable Braille displays. They store text as ASCII characters mapped to Braille cells (e.g., "k" might represent the word "knowledge").

The Problem: Opening these in a standard text editor reveals garbled or nonsensical text strings that require "back-translation" to be readable.
The Solution: Users convert these files to DOCX (Word) or TXT using Duxbury or BrailleBlaster to edit the content, or to PDF for visual proofing.

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

Users also converted BRF, BRI, BRML, PDF, DOCX, ZIP, TXT, XML and TNS files.

The BRL 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 BRL converter.