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.
Hello, I want to write J’espère in French DJS and I don’t know how to write my S because my textbook says: -after J’s and CH’s : ‘right’ S (i.e. the one oriented like a comma) -before P and B : left S And I don’t recall encountering this word (yet) in the training material…
Hello, As a beginner, my intention is not to question everything but rather to understand the rationale I have observed so far concerning abbreviations and brief forms in Gregg. My question is: why is it so important to stick to them, and why have a predetermined set for each Gregg iteration? My understanding is that…
Hello, My DJS manual says that the YE (TH in English I believe) sound is written as a curve that goes up then right, except after R and L, where it goes right then upwards. But I have trouble following this rule after the F and the V curves, because unless I straighten the end…
Hello, Here is my very first text in DJS. It is a letter I am going to send to my mother, who still has some notions of DJS herself and will probably be able to understand this IF I haven’t made too many mistakes. I know some proportions are off, I wonder if the whole…
Hello, I see that the idea of creating a font or an input program allowing Gregg to be typed has been floating around for many years. I have dug up quite a few threads on this topic here, most of them quite old and dating back to 2005. Have those discussions ever come to fruition?…