Electronic Terms in Gregg Simplified
“Electronic Terms in Gregg Simplified”, compiled for Today’s Secretary by John Markus. From the January 1955 issue of Today’s Secretary. Attachment: electronic-terms.pdf (by Philip for group greggshorthand)
Stenographie Gregg Blog!
Hi everyone, I’ve created a blog with texts written in French Gregg (with the keys). Check it out here: (stenographiegregg.wordpress.com). As you can probably see by the questionable penmanship, it’s certainly a work in progress and probably not very useful to anyone right now, but I’m using the blog to personally track my progress. One…
Book’s Contents
Yes, it’s from a company that printed Practical Handbooks. The book is titled, “SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING and Secretarial training.” It was written by Abraham Epstein and Morris White, and the copyright date is 1948. I have attached a PDF of the book’s Contents: Attachment: Content of Handbook.pdf (by Barry for group greggshorthand)
Flash Reading: Call me “Champ”!
“Call me ‘Champ’!”, by Elsie Leffingwell, from the January 1955 issue of Today’s Secretary. 316 words. Flash Reading: for practising reading quickly. Graded: this text is based on chapters One through Ten of the Manual. “How fast can you read shorthand? You can probably speed through this page, which is based on chapters One through…
Another FYI
For research purposes or for the sake of curiosity. German shorthand site with book links. http://www.stenoweb.de/ (by sasa for group greggshorthand)
Condense summary of Gregg Shorthand System
I came across the following condense summary of the Gregg Shorthand System and thought that the group might find it of some interest. Attachment: Gregg Shorthand System.pdf (by Barry for group greggshorthand)
Transcribing Speed Practice, January 1955
Transcribing Speed Practice from the January 1955 issue of Today’s Secretary. 516 words. The material below is the same as the C.T. [Competent Typist] Test across the page, and it is provided so that you can test and compare your speeds of typing from print and from shorthand. Compute your rate on this word-counted material…
Speed Differences Between Languages?
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how fast I can expect to get to in French Gregg shorthand? I’ve seen something on Spanish Gregg somewhere, saying that one can only hope to attain a fraction of English speed. The record in English is around 280, but I can’t imagine anyone getting to 280 in French. For…
A Couple of Questions
Hi everyone, I’m progressing through the French Gregg adaptation by R. J. Sénécal and have a couple of questions. They are pretty elementary, but they have been bugging me for a while. I hope my questions will also help others who are starting Gregg too. I’ll try to organise this post as best I can….
OGA material, January 1955
OGA Junior and OGA Senior material from the January 1955 issue of Today’s Secretary. OGA Junior: This material is “loaded” with easy joinings and with fluent blends. (85 words.) OGA Senior: This material includes just about every possible shorthand joining—it is a real test of your ability to write anybody-can-read-it Gregg shorthand notes. (133 words.)…