PTT Converter

Extract text from PTT files

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How to extract text from your PTT file

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

Convert PTT to another file type

To convert your PTT file to another format, you need Avid Pro Tools or other Audio software.

Convert a file to PTT

To convert other file formats to the "Session Template" file type, you need software like Avid Pro Tools or a similar tool.

About PTT files

The .ptt extension represents a collision of three distinct digital worlds, creating significant confusion for users. Most commonly (according to educational platform data), it serves as a digital textbook presentation used by the Sanoma Pro learning platform. These files often function as proprietary containers for lesson materials, behaving similarly to PPT slideshows but locked to the Sanoma ecosystem.

However, in the creative industry, .ptt is the legacy Session Template format for Avid Pro Tools (versions 7 through 9). These files store track layouts, routing, and plugin settings but do not contain actual audio data. The friction arises because modern Pro Tools (v10+) uses the newer PTXT format, often refusing to open old .ptt files directly without a specific "Import Session Data" workflow.

Finally, you may encounter .ptt files as MapPoint Map Templates from the discontinued Microsoft MapPoint. Since MapPoint was retired in 2014, these files are effectively "orphaned," making them impossible to view without access to legacy software or a specialized conversion tool.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Sanoma/Education: The internal structure is often ZIP-based. Try renaming the extension to PPT or ZIP to extract media assets like images or text.
For Audio (Pro Tools): Convert the legacy template to a modern PTX session or bounce the stems to universal WAV or MP3 files for use in other DAWs like Logic Pro.
For Maps: Convert the visual data to PDF or JPG for archival purposes, as the interactive map data is no longer supported.

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

Users also converted OPUS, PPT, PPTX, OGG, PTTUNE, WAPTT, MP3, PDF, MP4, AAC, TXT, M4A and WAV files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PTT file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Avid Pro Tools or similar software from the "Digital Presentation or Audio Template" 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 PTT, try Avid Pro Tools or another comparable tool in the "Digital Presentation or Audio Template" category.

The PTT 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 PTT converter.