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.
Stumbled on another interesting bit tonight. There was quite a lot of shorthand studying (in different languages, too) in the Secret Annex. Check out Annefrank.org for info. I don’t know what type of shorthand this is. The characters do look Greggish. This is a stenography exercise by Margot, I think: Otto en Edith Frank take…
This article is from last year. It appears to be Pitman shorthand. Museum uncovers 100-year-old diaries of WWI soldier … but has no idea what they say because they’re written in SHORTHAND Do any of you keep a journal in shorthand? And if you do, do you worry that your future descendants won’t be able…
These are some images from the book Your First Year of Teaching Shorthand by Marion M. Lamb (1961). The shorthand laboratories shown in these photos are a real blast from the past! Thanks to the Evernote app on my Kindle, I’m creating my own portable “shorthand laboratory” these days. But these were fun to see. …
I created digital flashcards for Notehand’s brief forms on Quizlet. It’s another portable way to review brief forms on your device or computer. Sort of like “old meets new!” Click here. Be sure to try out their “space race” flashcard game. I got up to level 27 with a score of 199,920 before they…
It’s not very often you find a modern book written about the history of shorthand (this one was published in 2012). I just started reading this so I can’t comment too much about it yet, but here is a summary from Amazon. Transcribing Class and Gender: Masculinity and Femininity in Nineteenth-Century Courts and Offices…
I recently obtained the November 1958 edition of The National Shorthand Reporter. Most of the magazine is not very interesting but I found some fascinating (to me) classified ads on the final pages. Here we can see how an important collection of shorthand books was amassed, and there are a couple of ads indicating that…
Here’s a collection of books about teaching shorthand. I thought it might be nice to put these together in one place. Downloadable .pdf Books Method of Teaching Shorthand by Edward McNamara (1914) Teaching of Shorthand: Some Suggestions to Young Teachers by John Robert Gregg (1916) The American Shorthand Teacher Vol. 1 & 2 edited by…
The document below from the National Court Reporters Association explains the method that I described to calculate dictation speed. Thanks to Monica for bringing this to my attention! Attachment: How to Calculate Dictation at Any Speed.pdf
I’ve begun recording dictation mp3 files for Gregg Notehand (you can listen to the first two files for Unit 2 at this link). Notehand doesn’t concern itself with training for speed per se, yet I would like to know how to calculate my recording speed and supply that information if at all possible. For instance,…
The relatively rare booklet “Fables Written in Gregg Shorthand” is available currently on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FABLES-WRITTEN-IN-GREGG-SHORTHAND-with-Shorthand-Penmanship-Pointers-/301753261459?hash=item4641e55d93 Alex