Dvorak Substitution Converter

About this calculator

The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, patented in 1936 by August Dvorak, rearranges letters so the most frequently used ones in English sit on the home row, aiming to cut finger travel compared to the standard QWERTY layout.

This converter performs a “same physical key, different label” substitution: it maps each character as if the exact same key positions were relabeled with the other layout's letters. That makes it useful for figuring out what you'd type if you pressed the same keys on a Dvorak keyboard, or for decoding text that was accidentally typed with the wrong layout active. It's used by typists switching layouts, programmers debugging layout-mismatch input, and keyboard-layout enthusiasts.