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.
Last night, I got a new book from Dublin, the Irish adaptation of Gregg Shorthand, which in their language is called “Luathscríbhinn Gregg” (said like “loo-uh-skree-vin Gregg,” I believe). I put it on the angelfishy site: Luathscríbhinn Gregg The whole book is in Irish except for the foreword, which is in both Irish and English. Now…
Dear shorthanders, Attached here is “The Vocabulary of the Gregg Shorthand Manual: Anniversary Edition.” This is actually a surprisingly useful little resource. It refers to every word used in the manual by unit and page number, so that a shorthand writer doesn’t just memorize each word he looks up in a dictionary, but learns the…
Is anyone here able to read Taylor’s shorthand? A professor is doing some research involving documents written in it, and would love to have insight into what they say. I hope all is well in the shorthand community. AO
I have added the Anniversary Dictionary to the site for quick reference, and the PDF is text-searchable. I also updated some text in the site, and updated the old grainy images of the Gregg Publishing Company logo with the new vectorized one, wherever it occurred on the site. I hope this update is well received….
I have recently begun getting into drawing vectors in Adobe Illustrator and learning the pen tool. It is very satisfying to be able to make images of logos, etc., that are defined according to their points and contour, so that when zoomed in, they never pixelate. Yesterday, I spent about thirty minutes drawing out the…
At my Gregg site, http://gregg.angelfishy.net/, I have scanned the book, 5,000 Most-Used Shorthand Forms, which is like a more concise dictionary of Anniversary Gregg Shorthand than the Dictionary. Also, I have posted the notes of a 1940’s Surrogate Court Reporter, Sklarew, which are in heavily abbreviated Gregg Shorthand. With that is its transcription….
Anniversary Manual The above address is to an 8 megabyte PDF file of the entire Gregg Shorthand Anniversary Manual. I believe this publication to be in the public domain, as it is copyright 1929 (75 years ago). Tell me if it is satisfactory. 🙂
I have uploaded to the Documents section a short article written by shorthand champion Martin J. Dupraw in Gregg shorthand about shorthand size. It is in Simplified Gregg Shorthand. This is just so that you may all witness the shorthand penmanship of a master other than Mr. Charles Rader and so that you may all…
I uploaded a summary of Anniversary Gregg’s strokes, beginnings and endings, etc. In case any of you are curious about the difference of Anniversary to newer systems (or if you just want to refresh yourself on Anniversary), check out these files in the Documents section.
I have just published an article on Wikipedia on Gregg shorthand. If it has errors or you wish to add more, feel free to edit it. 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Shorthand