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Alternative keyboard layouts are generally better than qwerty, but there are a lot of them out there and it can be hard to know which one to learn. You may not even know yet what features of a layout matter most to you. (Would you like one with high rolls? Or more alternation? How do you feel about redirects, scissors, SFBs, SFSs, LSBs, or the distribution of work across different fingers and hands? Etc.) And once you have a good layout in mind how do you know if you will really like it? Will it be worth the effort to learn it?
This site lets you easily try out a new keyboard layout without having to retrain your brain or muscle memory. It converts a set of words so that typing the converted words with your current keyboard layout feels just like typing the original (unconverted) words on the new layout. Your fingers will be making the same movements as if they were typing the original words on the new layout. This lets you see what typing on the new layout feels like before doing the work of actually learning to type with it. Try more than one new layout to see if you like one better than the other. Once you have decided on a layout this site can even help you get started with learning it.