Opening a TTY File

The TTY file type is primarily associated with TransUnion.

TTY	File extension: TTY
	File type:	data file

What is a TTY file

TTY files mostly belong to TransUnion. Credit Report Usage: This type of TTY file is used as a credit report file by a Canadian credit bureau. It stores credit data in a secure format.

Purpose: Holds detailed credit information.

Viewing: Often needs a specific viewer or decryption tool from the provider, like those offered by the related company.

Note: Authorized access is usually required.

Terminal Output Usage
Another use for TTY files is to capture terminal output. These files are created by tools such as ttyrec and record teletypewriter (TTY) sessions.

Purpose: Records the full session output for later playback.

Opening: Can be replayed with Unix utilities like ttyplay.

Usage: Common in debugging or session review work.

FilExt.com tip: Many users do not know that the same TTY extension is used for two distinct purposes. The abbreviation TTY comes from teletypewriter.

How to open a TTY file

You need a suitable software like TransUnion to open a TTY file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your TTY file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a TTY file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

Online TTY File Viewer

Choose your .tty file to play

or drag and drop it here

Online File Viewer

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Easily convert TTY files to JPG, PDF, HTML, DOC, ...

1. To do so, click the "Choose your .tty file to play" button above.
2. Your TTY file will then be displayed in the browser.
3. Now click on "Save as..." at the top of the page.
4. Then click the file format (e.g. PDF, JPG, DOCX, TXT, ...) you want.
5. Your file will be converted and downloaded.

TTY file format:

To find out what program is needed to open TTY files, you need to determine the file format. Often, the file format can be deduced from the file extension or the initial bytes (called the signature). If the file extension does not match the file format, double-clicking on the file will cause an error upon opening. So a detailed analysis of a file is vital in order to determine the format and the associated program. Our examination of the TTY files comes to the following conclusion:

As a file extension, TTY isn't very common and mainly uses a special format. However, the following two file formats are common:

• 75% of all TTY files start with the bytes TRANS UNION OF CANADA crucial for this file format. If you open these files in a text editor, you can view and read the content yourself. The average file size is 5 KB with most files being between 2 KB and 8 KB in size. The file type is a fairly new file format. The following keywords are characteristic: Consumer Credit, Consumer Credit Report   Date, TRANS UNION OF CANADA and Surname   Given Name(s). Such files sometimes refer to applicant, credit, report and coapplicant.
• 15% of all TTY files have no uniform signature. These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The files are 1 KB to 1 MB in size, with a median of 48 KB. The following keywords are characteristic: [8;24;80t. An example of a file name is test.tty.

All other TTY files (10%) have no consistent format. Just click the "Choose your .tty file to play" button on this page to find out what your TTY file is.