How to use the wrong keyboard layout fixer
- Choose the layout the text was typed on, which is usually US English.
- Choose the layout you meant to type in.
- Paste the text.
- Copy the converted text, or look at the table to see the same text on every other layout.
Formula
Find the key that makes each character on the first layout, with or without Shift
Write the character that the same key makes on the second layout
Characters that are on no key of the first layout, such as spaces and line breaks, stay as they are
The layouts are US English, Russian (the common Windows arrangement), Ukrainian, Greek, Hebrew (SI-1452) and Arabic (101).
Ghbdtn vbh typed on a US keyboard
Typed with the US layout active, the Russian words Привет мир come out as Ghbdtn vbh. Choosing US as the layout the text was typed on and Russian as the layout you meant turns it back into Привет мир. All nine letters change, and the space stays.
The same keys give Γηβδτν ωβη on a Greek keyboard. The Hebrew word שלום is typed as akuo, and hello typed on an Arabic keyboard gives اثممخ. The table lists the result for every layout.
How the wrong layout happens
Keyboards send the position of a key, and the active layout decides which character appears. If you start typing before switching layouts, or a shortcut switches it for you, the text looks like nonsense even though every key was pressed correctly. Retyping it is slow, and a converter that follows the physical keys fixes it in one step.
The mapping works in both directions. Choose the Russian layout as the source and US as the target to turn Cyrillic text back into Latin letters, which helps when a password or a web address was typed under the wrong layout.
Where it can go wrong
Only the standard layout of each language is covered, and variants such as Dvorak, Colemak, phonetic Russian or the Greek polytonic layout give different keys. Dead keys and accents are not handled. The text is converted in your browser and nothing is uploaded. For other checks see the Keyboard Tester, the Unicode Code Point Converter, the Accent and Diacritic Remover and the Hangul Jamo Decomposer and Composer.
Assumptions and limits
- The text was typed with one layout for the whole passage.
- Both layouts are the standard arrangement named in the list.
- The text shown is an example. Use your own.
- Up to 100,000 characters are accepted.
Frequently asked questions
Why does a letter stay the same?
Some keys, such as the digits, are the same on both layouts. Characters on no key of the first layout are also kept.
Does it fix text that has already been sent through another program?
It fixes any text whose characters came from a keyboard layout, whether it was typed or pasted. It cannot repair text damaged by a wrong character encoding.
Which Russian layout is used?
The standard Windows arrangement, where the period and comma share a key at the bottom right and the number row has the usual symbols.
Can I convert between two non-US layouts?
Yes. Choose any two. The conversion goes key for key through the physical keys they share.