Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SCREEN file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SCREEN to another file type
To convert SCREEN screenshots to another format, you need Android TV or other Raster Image software.
Convert a file to SCREEN
To convert other file formats to the "Screenshot File" file type, you need software like Android TV or a similar tool.
About SCREEN files
The .SCREEN file extension is highly fragmented and used by entirely different systems for completely different purposes. Most commonly, it is an Android TV screenshot file. Although it stores standard JFIF (JPEG) image data, the unusual extension prevents default photo viewers from opening it. Another major use is as a screen wireframe file in WireframeSketcher, where it stores user interface layouts in raw XML format. Other rare uses include digital signage templates packaged as ZIP files for Jumbotron displays, spectrum analyzer data from Signal Hound, or cached screenshots from Skype and TechSmith Jing. The main disadvantage of the .SCREEN format is its severe lack of standardization. Because it can be a raster image, an XML text document, or a ZIP archive, operating systems do not know which application to use. Sharing these files directly almost always confuses recipients. Standard online converters usually fail because they blindly rely on the file extension rather than analyzing the actual file contents. If you have a wireframe layout, sharing the raw .SCREEN file forces your client to buy or install a specific proprietary plugin to view it. You should convert your .SCREEN files to universal formats to make them actually usable. Android TV screenshots should be converted to .JPG or .PNG images. Wireframe layouts should be exported as .PDF documents so anyone can view the design without specialized software. Because this format is so inconsistent, it is difficult to open or convert predictably. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the structured data. Our tool can identify the file format, inspect the file, and show internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SCREEN file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SCREEN file to TEXT, PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR or PSD, you can use Android TV or similar software from the "Screenshots and UI Wireframes" 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 SCREEN, try Android TV or another comparable tool in the "Screenshots and UI Wireframes" category.
The SCREEN 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 SCREEN converter.