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.
The University of Pittsburgh has posted the Expert Shorthand Speed Course: Teacher’s Handbook (Anniversary) at their Nietz archive of old schoolbooks. Direct link:
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735035996432;view=toc;c=nietz
The main textbook is usually hard to track down, but it was mentioned here recently that a digital copy can be checked out at openlibrary.org.
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Am I missing something? I can't get the file to print. . . .
That's a great rendering of the book. Thanks for posting!
Nice! I can't wait till I get good enough to need it.
Marc – I don't think these types of archives provide direct downloading or printing of the entire book, only of individual pages. I would love to be wrong, but I couldn't find any other way.
Cricket – My feeling exactly!
The advice to teachers on how to "program" the teaching is excellent. If you noticed, the "expert" dictation groups mcbud posted are modeled on the "pyramid" scheme … an excellent method to increase your speed ability.
It's irritating not to be able to download and print the entire book, however it's a blessing to have transcripts of the shorthand material available for reference if needed.
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If you right-click on the image of each page, you can save it to your own machine as a jpg. It's a slow process, but it works.