I’m not sure if anyone out there has seen this website before but I happened to stumble upon it this afternoon. It looks like it will convert text to Gregg Shorthand.
http://home.tu-clausthal.de/%7Erzsjs/steno/Gregg.php
I think it is pretty cool.
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.
I’m not sure if anyone out there has seen this website before but I happened to stumble upon it this afternoon. It looks like it will convert text to Gregg Shorthand.
http://home.tu-clausthal.de/%7Erzsjs/steno/Gregg.php
I think it is pretty cool.
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This has been here for over a few years now. It can also convert to Pitman and a German shorthand called DEK.
I've tried it before, and I must say there's so much wrong about it. That's why I'm now attempting to write my own shorthand software.
There were two previous threads on this:
http://greggshorthand.blogspot.ca/2008/12/gregg-generator.html
http://greggshorthand.blogspot.ca/2008/09/while-no-one-was-looking.html
DEK is Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift (German Unified Shorthand), and is the shorthand system used in Germany ever since it became (by law) the only one to be taught in schools. I believe the situation is similar in Austria. (But not Switzerland, where Stolze-Schrey is the most common system.)
Private people could learn whatever system they wanted, on their own or in clubs, but in Germany, "shorthand" is essentially synonymous with "DEK" due to this prominent position.
(Though it's not the system I learned for German since DEK, like the systems from which it arose and similar to Pitman, uses stroke width distinctions which are easy to make with old-fashioned pens but nearly impossible with ball-point pens, which is what I usually write with.)
Yes, I noticed it doesn't do well with phrases from what I can tell. But, for what it is, I thought it did a good job… although I will always trust my Simplified dictionary for official outlines. Nonetheless, it is neat to play with.
I wouldn't have created a new thread, but I've only been here since about September. Maybe Carlos can merge the threads?
If your software program can work even better than this then that will be such a fantastic tool to have. Will your program use Simplified or Anniversary rules?
At the moment, the dictionary is Anniversary, but if someone wants to compile one for other versions, that would help a lot. The program is able to convert to different versions.
What would be required to do that?
I need every version other than Anniversary. I'm not saying you make everything, because that would be too much, but if you want you can make me one for Simplified. The format is as follows:
Fr dear Mr., to Mr.
F|st domestic
Ge empty
J gentlemen
Jl gentle
Jman gentleman
Jh pending
O all
O& Ontario, owned, want, wont, won't
O&d wanted
OQe& authentic
All I need is that there are two spaces between the outline and the words, and the words (or phrases) have to be separated by commas. The outline AGS should follow SS 1:2012. It takes quite a bit of work to get all of it done.
Well if I can learn the AGS format and have some spare time or need a break from my own shorthand studies I will be more than happy to assist.
I am sad to report that this text to Gregg web converter is no longer online 🙁 I enjoyed playing around with it even though I knew it wasn't perfect.
That's too bad!
It’s online:
http://steno.tu-clausthal.de/Gregg.php
🙂