Introduction

For my transition from Qwerty to Colemak-DH for use on my then-new split ergo keyboard, I used the “Transitional Colemak” (Tarmak). For posterity, I have noted down the steps that I followed below. I transitioned each step as I re-hit around 40wpm consistently with at least 90% accuracy.

Steps

Qwerty


Q W E R T   Y U I O P

A S D F G   H J K L

Z X C V B   N M

Tarmak-DH 1

1a

    _
Q W J R T   Y U I O P
              _ _
A S D F G   H N E L
            _
Z X C V B   K M

1b


Q W J R T   Y U I O P
            _
A S D F G   M N E L
              _
Z X C V B   K H

Tarmak-DH 2

2a


Q W J R T   Y U I O P

A S D F G   M N E L
      _ _
Z X C B V   K H

2b

    _   _
Q W F R B   Y U I O P
      _
A S D T G   M N E L
      _
Z X C J V   K H

Tarmak-DH 3

      _
Q W F J B   Y U I O P
  _ _
A R S T G   M N E L
      _
Z X C D V   K H

Tarmak-DH 4

      _     _     _ _
Q W F P B   J U I Y
                    _
A R S T G   M N E L O

Z X C D V   K H

Colemak-DH

              _ _
Q W F P B   J L U Y
                  _
A R S T G   M N E I O

Z X C D V   K H

Tarmak-DH to Colemak-DH