Practice and measure your typing in Dvorak. The on screen keyboard below is already set to the Dvorak layout, with finger guidance mapped to Dvorak hand positions, so what you see matches what your system layout produces. Use the QWERTY / Dvorak switch in the keyboard toolbar any time. Switch your operating system to Dvorak, take the test, and get WPM, accuracy and consistency.
Most typing tests show a QWERTY keyboard, which is useless when you practice Dvorak typing: the label you need to find is not on the key you press. This test flips the on screen keyboard to the Dvorak layout, keeping the physical key positions of QWERTY and relabelling every key, so the hand you need to move matches the finger guide on screen exactly as a Dvorak user sees their own keyboard.
Nothing is installed and nothing changes your system: the test only draws the Dvorak keyboard on this page. Switch your operating system input to Dvorak, start typing, and the test scores you exactly as it would in QWERTY, because the measuring logic reads the characters your layout produces, not the keys.
August Dvorak designed the layout in the 1930s so the most common letters sit on the home row, which means less finger travel between rows for almost every English word. Typists who switch usually report less strain in long sessions, and many reach a higher comfortable speed once the new muscle memory settles, which takes roughly two to four weeks of daily practice.
The honest trade off: Dvorak helps most for people who type a lot of English prose. Shortcuts that assume QWERTY positions stay where they were physically, and shared or public keyboards are QWERTY by default, so most Dvorak users keep a fast way to switch back.
Set your operating system layout to Dvorak first, otherwise you would be typing QWERTY text while looking at a Dvorak keyboard. Start with short sessions of two to five minutes, and resist the urge to look at your hands: the finger guides on this page exist exactly to replace that habit.
Expect your speed to drop well below your QWERTY speed for the first week; that drop is the switch cost, not a sign Dvorak is wrong for you. Track your WPM here each day and compare accuracy rather than raw speed, because accuracy recovers first and speed follows it.
No. The test only shows a Dvorak keyboard on this page; you switch your own operating system input to Dvorak in its keyboard or language settings. The test then scores what your layout produces.
No. The Dvorak keyboard is drawn by the page itself, the test runs entirely in your browser, and your results are stored only in this browser.
At first, yes, usually much lower. That is the cost of rebuilding muscle memory and it passes in a few weeks. Measure accuracy first; once accuracy is back to your normal level, speed follows.
Yes. The keyboard toolbar has a QWERTY and Dvorak switch and your choice is remembered in this browser, so the same page works for either layout.
The vowels A, O, E, U, I move to the middle row under the left hand, and common consonants like T, N, S and H move to the right hand. The full relabelling is drawn on the on screen keyboard above.
Evidence is mixed: most studies show a modest speed gain at the high end and clearer reductions in finger movement and strain. The main benefit people report is comfort in long typing sessions rather than a guaranteed speed jump.