The phrase "allows users to convert" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a feature or functionality of a software application or tool that enables users to change one format or type of data into another.
Example: "The new software update allows users to convert their files from PDF to Word format easily."
Alternatives: "enables users to transform" or "permits users to change".
iTunes allows users to convert higher data rate music files to 128kbps AAC on the fly as music is synchronised to a mobile device.
ScanSoft Inc., a maker of software that allows users to convert paper documents and photos for viewing on computers, agreed today to acquire the Caere Corporation for $143.4 million in cash and stock, buying out a competitor in the digital-imaging market.
The 3D Print website also allows users to convert their own CIFs into 3D printable files.
The MCL-NSOM is an aperture NSOM built on a Mad City Labs RM2 inverted optical microscope, which allows users to convert to apertureless NSOM, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and fluorescence optical microscopy.
The Jmol 3D Print website also allows users to convert their own CIFs and structures in the COD (>350,000) into a 3D printable file using JSmol, the non-Java HTML5 version of Jmol.
Note that using these mapping methods (or any other API method that retrieves src_compound_ids) in combination with the API methods for retrieving source information (above) allows users to convert retrieved src_compound_ids into URLs programmatically, if required.
Programs like iTunes allow users to convert downloaded tracks to the CD format and burn them onto discs.
It also provides mechanisms to handle configuration rules that allow users to convert soft preferences into product specifications, bill-of-materials, and, furthermore, into logistics configurations.
Last September, YouTube began offering new tools that allowed users to convert their uploaded 2D videos into 3D videos with just a click.
In addition, given the popularity of Latin-alphabet keyboards, a transliteration input tool is often the preferred input method for many languages, allowing users to convert Latin-alphabet input into the proper written script.
Update: We just got word from the folks at BenQ that the GP1 will ship with a software bundle that will allow users to convert any file into a format that the GP1 can accommodate, so no one will have to worry that their stored files will be incompatible.
