SPE Converter

Extract text from SPE files


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

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

Convert SPE to another file type

To convert your SPE file to another format, you need ORTEC Maestro or other Data software.

  • SPE to DLL
  • SPE to SO
  • SPE to DYLIB
  • SPE to BUNDLE
  • SPE to PLUGIN
  • SPE to XPI
  • SPE to CRX
  • SPE to SAFARIEXTZ
  • SPE to APPEX
  • SPE to KEXT
  • SPE to SYS
  • SPE to DRV

Convert a file to SPE

To convert other file formats to the "Spectroscopy Measurement File" file type, you need software like ORTEC Maestro or a similar tool.

  • LV2 to SPE
  • DYLIB to SPE
  • VST to SPE
  • AAX to SPE
  • DRV to SPE
  • TDE to SPE
  • LADSPA to SPE
  • BUNDLE to SPE
  • AU to SPE
  • DLL to SPE
  • RTAS to SPE
  • SO to SPE

About SPE files

The .spe file extension primarily represents proprietary Spectroscopy Data generated by scientific instruments from manufacturers like Mirion Technologies (ORTEC), Teledyne Princeton Instruments, and Physical Electronics. These files contain binary spectral data - such as gamma-ray counts, XPS spectra, or CCD image data - along with metadata regarding acquisition time, calibration, and instrument settings.

While crucial for scientific analysis, the .spe format poses significant accessibility challenges. It is a closed, binary format that cannot be opened natively in standard data analysis tools like Microsoft Excel or MATLAB. Users often find themselves locked out of their data without access to expensive, dongle-protected vendor software like ORTEC Maestro or WinSpec. Furthermore, different vendors use the exact same extension for completely incompatible internal structures, leading to confusion when sharing data between labs.

To overcome these limitations, the best practice is to convert .spe files into open, text-based formats. For data analysis and plotting, converting to CSV, TXT, or ASCII is essential, allowing immediate import into generic spreadsheet software. For archiving and sharing visual results without raw data access, converting to PDF or PNG ensures the spectrum is viewable on any device. Users dealing with the rare IBM SPSS extension variant should look for specific statistical conversion tools.

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

Users also converted CHN, ZIP, SPC, TXT, SPA, JDX, SP, CSV, DTA, DPT, IPYNB, JPG and MCA files.



The SPE 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 SPE converter.