DXB Converter

Extract text from Braille or CAD files (DXB)


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

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

Convert DXB to another file type

To convert DXB files to another format, you need Duxbury Braille Translator or other Data software.

Convert a file to DXB

To convert other file formats to the "Braille Text / CAD Binary" file type, you need software like Duxbury Braille Translator or a similar tool.


About DXB files

The .DXB file extension primarily represents either a Duxbury Braille document or an AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Binary. Duxbury Braille files are used by Duxbury Systems to store translated text formatted for Braille embossers. AutoCAD uses the binary .DXB format as a more compact, faster-loading alternative to plain text DXF files for Autodesk AutoCAD. Users often need to convert these files because both formats are highly restrictive. Duxbury files require expensive, specialized software to open, while binary CAD files are not universally supported by lightweight 3D viewers. You will want to convert Duxbury files to TXT or BRF for universal reading, and AutoCAD files to DXF or PDF for standard CAD workflows. Note that converting Braille files may strip specialized formatting, and converting CAD binaries might lose specific layer metadata. These file formats are notoriously difficult to open or convert because they are closed, proprietary, or binary-encoded. Standard online converters frequently fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data.

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

Users also converted BRF, DXF, DBX, DXP, DBT, XCF, TST and PHC files.


FAQ

If you want to convert DXB file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Duxbury Braille Translator or similar software from the "Braille Document or CAD Binary" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DXB, try Duxbury Braille Translator or another comparable tool in the "Braille Document or CAD Binary" category.



The DXB 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 DXB converter.