The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
Just something interesting I ran across today in my college’s library… it’s a method of shorthand from I think the 70s. It’s alphabetic, but the tome has so many rules that I was immediately reminded of Pitman. It claims speeds of 150wpm. The way this system works is simplifying alphabetic strokes and omitting most vowels:…
Hi Everyone, I just purchased a 1919 copy of the Anniversary Edition for about $3 and couldn’t pass it up. I’ve never tried shorthand before, but I can remember my grandmother writing out grocery lists and such with it. Since all of you have MUCH more experience in this than I do, do you think that…
In working through the 5,000 most used forms (Anniversary), I came across things I don’t understand. Could someone explain to me why circle vowels are sometimes ommitted even when they occur in accented syllables? Examples:pen – no “e”pig – no “i”pity – no “i”bid – no “i”beauty – no “eau” but:pan, pin, peg, pick, pit,…
Hi All, I’m so glad I found this group. I was bored at work last week so I started surfing the Net and I stumbled upon Gregg Shorthand. That took me back! I remembered back in my elementary years when I found my mom’s shorthand books in my closet. I believe they were the Diamond…
This idea needs some help. Or maybe the hook. I don’t know: With a digitally scanned copy of a Gregg Dictionary, it seems to me that the only major hurdle (besides copywrite?) to having a program that translated type into Charles Rader’s Gregg would be a method of batch-analysing the dictionary page images into sets…