Writing pointers

Hi All, So I am beginning to write Simplified shorthand. Right now I am making copies of pages in the manual and just tracing the shapes that Mr. Rader wrote.  Just a way to try to get my hand to move this way. I also have a steno book and have been doing some of…

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I’m new here

I found my old shorthand homework & books from high school and googled Gregg Shorthand just out of curiosity.  I won the Gregg Shorthand Award in 1967.  At my first job interview, I had to take shorthand notes and transcribe them.  Shortly after that, the boss switched to taping his notes and I never really…

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Shorthand Book Questions

Hi All, I have been searching for Gregg books in used book sites and the library and found a couple that are interesting and I wanted to ask if anyone knew about them.  (I am wondering whether to buy them sight unseen.) There is a Gregg Shorthand Manual – Functional Method that has a publish…

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Simplified Reading Material

I am currently in chapter 2 of Shorthand Manual Simplified.  I was wondering if there is appropriate reading material out somewhere (preferably graded by chapter of the Simplified Manual) that I can use to supplement the shorthand in the manual. When I get to the point of writing I’d be happy to create some reading…

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Free Practice Dictation

I’ve just added free practice dictation to my site at http://www.shorthandshorthandshorthand.com/Transcribed.htm Just go to the bottom of that page and you’ll find the dictation at 60, 80, 100, 120, and 140. (It may take a minute to load if you’re not on a high-speed line.) The nice thing is the transcript is right there. I’ll…

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New Gregg Anniversary video!

Hello all — It’s Brian, the famous Handywriter. ;D ~ Well, based on some helpful advice from a fellow Gregg writer on YouTube, I’ve recently switched to Anniversary and have found it to be more swift and flowing.  It was not that difficult because the basic alphabet for sounds is almost exactly the same. So,…

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Some Gregg Writers to donate

its Michael here, I was lucky enough last year to win a shipment of 18 WW2 era Gregg Writer magazines. Since I know them back to front, I want to offer a few of them up to send. Theres 7 of them, Sep, Nov, Dec 1941 Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun 1942 (all within Anni time…

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