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.
Here are some thoughts of Mr. Swem on the use of shortcuts in reporting, as well as a discussion on that infamous quote: “the longer I write shorthand, the longer I write shorthand.” The article also contains some very useful and interesting shortcuts. Attachment: philosophy-of-short-cutting
A reading selection from the Gregg Writer (March 1939), written in Anniversary. Attachment: greek-vs-shorthand
I’ve occasionally run across terms that are apparently part of a vocabulary unique to our field. Examples would be (from Reporting Shortcuts 1922): Word-carrying faculty – The ability to trail a speaker, recalling the spoken words ahead of writing them down. BUSTED – What happens to a shorthand writer after falling hopelessly behind and losing…
I’m having some serious problems with Multiply. When I log in to check my inbox for new gregg shorthand posts, I see a list of the posts I’ve not read. When I click on one of the posts, it asks me to log in. I’m already logged in, but for some reason it doesn’t recognize…
As a person not unfamiliar with adopting unconventional skills, I randomly on a whim just switched keyboard layouts to Dvorak — and of course typing anything now is a continuous FML-fest. Does anybody else here use or has made the switch to Dvorak? I do notice however that despite the current laboriousness of learning a…
Here: http://www.phonetic.com.br/ and http://software.phonetic.com.br/ we can see what looks like a stenographic keyboard. “Steno Digital System uses special phonetic keyboard. PSDS uses iPad to record meetings in real-time” What do you think about it? The pictures show what looks like a stenographic keyboard, with shorthand symbols instead of letters – both in virtual keyboard (Ipad) and a…
I have added the Anniversary Dictionary to the site for quick reference, and the PDF is text-searchable. I also updated some text in the site, and updated the old grainy images of the Gregg Publishing Company logo with the new vectorized one, wherever it occurred on the site. I hope this update is well received….