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 write GA. I have gone through the functional method manuals several times, usually after long breaks. My recall is OK, all things considered, but i am very slow. My reading is not that good. I am wondering the best way to get going again using about thirty minutes a day. Does that make sense?…
I recently stumbled across an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called The Voynich Code: The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript. No one has been able to crack its code — is it shorthand? Encrypted text? Gibberish? Even the illustrations are other-worldly. Some wonder if the author was the young Leonardo DaVinci, but no one really knows…
I received a request for assistance in the transcription of some shorthand notes from a diary of a British WWI soldier. Mr. William Pritchett fought in France during WWI and ended up a prisoner of war in Germany. He kept a diary: most of it is in plain English, but some parts are written in…
This classic story by O. Henry was written by me in Centennial Gregg for the blog, although readers of other series can read this story without much difficulty as well. Attachment: after-twenty-years.pdf
Summer is the time of travel, and Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the United States (only surpassed by the Great Smoky Mountains). In 2015, 5.5 million people witnessed the wonders of one of the largest canyons on Earth. A mile deep and up to 18 miles wide at places,…
This article appeared in the Entrepeneur section of Virgin.com. It gives some advice on how to deal and minimize the use of email in your professional life. I wrote it in Anniversary for the blog. Attachment: opting-out-of-email.pdf
From the June 1958 issue of Today’s Secretary. Click here for a full view.
I just finished reading a biography about George D. Watt, who was a Pitman scribe to the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young, for 30 years during the mid 1800’s. The biography is available in print as well as in .pdf format for free on the University of Utah website here. It was fascinating– how often do…
The ability to write brief forms automatically and fast is one of the ingredients in improving your shorthand speed. To that effect, I recreated the following drill that appeared in an old Gregg recording. The sound files below contain all of the brief forms for all Gregg Shorthand series, dictated in alphabetical order at 100…
One of the most famous political speeches ever delivered, here’s the complete speech by Patrick Henry, as reconstructed by his biographer William Wirt, and written by me in Anniversary. Attachment: speech-before-the-virginia-convention.pdf