I recently acquired some of the dictation box sets for Gregg Simplified edition shorthand and have started to digitize the records. This is the first box set, called Theory Group 1, which covers Lessons 1-12 from the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified 2nd edition text. The recordings are closely aligned to this in-print text.The dictations are mostly 40 wpm, with a couple of duplicate dictations at 50 wpm. Apparently there were 15 of these box sets (I have 5 of them – I don’t yet know what kind of shape the others are in).
The records do have some scratches, unfortunately. I created a chart (see below) to show where these are so they aren’t quite so jarring when you come to them. I tried to clean them up as best I could in Audacity, but a scratch is a scratch. Some couldn’t be fixed.
The zip file contains 12 mp3 recordings as well as a .pdf file with the chart and photos that you see below. Each mp3 averages about 6 minutes and covers one complete lesson. Click here for a key to the Simplified text/recordings.
As I get the time, I’ll digitize the other box sets in the future.
Happy practicing!
P.S. for a list of dictation recordings, click here.
Attachment: Theory Group Box 1 Zipped.zip
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Lesson #
from Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified
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Paragraph/Page #
from Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified
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WPM
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Gregg Shorthand Simplified Dictation Records Box Set #
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Record #
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Dictated By
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Notes
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1
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begin on pg. 10
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40
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Theory Group Box 1
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Record 1 – Side A
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Madeline S. Strony
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Sporadic skips
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2
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begin on pg. 15
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40
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” “
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Record 1 – Side B
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” “
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Sporadic skips
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3
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#23 pgs. 21-22 (sentences 1-11)
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40
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” “
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Record 2 – Side A
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” “
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4
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#26-29 pgs. 23-24
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40 & 50
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” “
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Record 2 – Side B
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” “
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5
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#33-37 pgs. 26-27
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40
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” “
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Record 3 – Side A
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” “
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Scratches in #35 & 36
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6
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#45-48 pgs. 30-31
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40 & 50
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” “
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Record 3 – Side B
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” “
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Scratch in #45 at 50 WPM (second time through)
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7
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#52-56 pgs. 35-36
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40
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” “
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Record 4 – Side A
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” “
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Scratch in #52
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8
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#63-65 pgs. 38-39
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40
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” “
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Record 4 – Side B
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” “
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Scratch in #63, 64
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9
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#72-74 pgs. 41-43
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40
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” “
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Record 5 – Side A
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” “
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Skips in #72, 73, 74
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10
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#85-88 pgs. 45-47
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40
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” “
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Record 5 – Side B
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” “
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Skips in #85, 88
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11
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#95-97 pgs. 49-50
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40
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” “
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Record 6 – Side A
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” “
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Skips in #95
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12
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#105-107 pgs. 53-54
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40
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” “
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Record 6 – Side B
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” “
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Skips in # 107
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