Dvorak QWERTY converter
When the operating system is set to Dvorak and you type on a QWERTY-labeled keyboard—or the reverse—you get readable-looking garbage that is not a cipher but a layout mismatch.
Run — free
This Dvorak QWERTY converter translates each character by the physical key it shares on the other United States layout: the same keycap position that produces Q on QWERTY produces the apostrophe on Dvorak, W becomes comma, and so on across the number row and three letter rows. Choose qwerty_to_dvorak or dvorak_to_qwerty, paste the mistyped string, and recover what you meant to write. Characters outside the US layout tables pass through unchanged and are listed under unmapped keys so you can see what did not remap. The free browser tool and the paid API share one pure deterministic function with no network call and no randomness.
How to use it
Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.
Check your inputs
Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.
Use it again or automate it
Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.
What you can do with it
Get an answer now
Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.
Compare scenarios
Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.
Automate repeated work
Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.
FAQ
How do I use this capability?
Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.
For developers — API access
Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.
API endpoint
Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.
Call it from your stack
curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/enc/dvorak-qwerty \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"text":"Hello"}'const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/enc/dvorak-qwerty", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"text": "Hello"
})
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();import os, requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.kit.forhosting.com/enc/dvorak-qwerty",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
json={
"text": "Hello"
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/enc/dvorak-qwerty", false, stream_context_create([
"http" => [
"method" => "POST",
"header" => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
"content" => '{"text":"Hello"}',
],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"text":"Hello"}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/enc/dvorak-qwerty", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)Example request
{
"text": "Hello"
}Example response
{
"task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"type": "enc.dvorak_qwerty",
"status": "queued",
"_links": {
"result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
}
}The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.
Pricing
Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.
Errors
| HTTP | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key. |
402 | insufficient_balance | Your balance doesn't cover the task price. |
404 | unknown_type | That task type doesn't exist. |
429 | rate_limited | Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling. |