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.
William Sullivan (1774-1839) was a prominent Boston lawyer, Federalist politician, and author. Sullivan was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1795, served on the Massachusetts General Court (1804-1830), and was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1830). From 1830, he devoted most of his career to writing about political institutions of the United States….
From his book A Tour on the Prairies, here is an extract of Chapter 9 transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg, in which Washington Irving describes his adventure with honey bees. Attachment: a-bee-hunt-in-the-far-west.pdf
This selection by American statesman and political philosopher Samuel Adams — whom the famous beer was named after — was taken from a speech delivered in the Continental Congress, about one month after the Declaration of Independence. At the beginning of the speech, Adams is thinking of the hope still cherished by some Americans of…
In this small selection from his book, Pierre Nozière, Anatole France describes the famous banks of the Seine River in the heart of Paris, here in Sténographie Gregg transcribed by me. Attachment: en-longeant-les-quais-de-la-seine-anniv.pdf Attachment: en-longeant-les-quais-de-la-seine-simpl.pdf
Do you practice the habit of being adequate? Find out by reading this small selection in transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-habit-of-being-adequate.pdf
Here’s a small selection about blogging, transcribed by me for the blog in both Anniversary and Simplified Sténographie Gregg. Attachment: mon-blog-et-moi-anniv.pdf Attachment: mon-blog-et-moi-simpl.pdf
Some wise words, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: put-your-glass-down.pdf
Voici un petit texte pour mes amis francophones et francophiles. Here is a small selection transcribed in both French Anniversary and French Simplified Gregg by yours truly (my first Sténographie Gregg post ever!). Attachment: histoire-du-francais-anniv.pdf Attachment: histoire-du-francais-simpl.pdf
This is a beautiful story by the great Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: robin-redbreast.pdf
American novelist and short story writer William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 “for his forceful and independently artistic contribution to modern American fiction.” Here is his Nobel banquet speech, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: remarks-upon-receiving-the-nobel-prize.pdf