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.
They have similar but very distinct meanings, so context won’t help. The dictionary says PRSC and PRSECEUT — either outline would work equally well for either word. The official choice makes sense historically. Prosecute is a legal term, and would have been used much more often, so it got a brief form and persecute is…
The Reddit shorthand group (https://www.reddit.com/r/shorthand/ ) has all of the rules in Forkner in 8 sentences, from the textbook. (It’s somewhere on this site, too.) That’s a bit optimistic for Gregg, but it’s a neat challenge. Can we do it in one sentence per group of lessons? Maybe a very short paragraph. Bonus points if…
I haven’t actually tried it (family quiet time), but it looks promising. Not as nice as downloadable sound files, but still useful. http://qwertysteno.com/Dictation/
Many years ago (at least two computers) I wrote a program using Python and Cepstral (a TTS engine) to convert text to mp3 files. I made a good start at “recording” all of Simplified Functional Edition 2, but didn’t finish it, and planned to offer the service to anyone with text files. Then I found…
Last month(ish), someone commented on a post showing two very different writing styles. (I can’t find the post, sigh.) One was cramped, one took up a lot of space. I’d see the post before, but never taken it to heart. This time, I paid attention. I’ve been writing on every line in my book, to…
It’s been a long time since I visited. I’ve abandoned Gregg. I miss it, but just can’t keep the lines the right length and curve, and can’t read back my own writing, which is the whole point. So, Forkner. It’s fast enough, and I’m adding shortcuts from Gregg to speed it up. Doesn’t mean I’ve…
If using AbeBooks, always contact the seller and confirm the exact and full book title. Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, Teachers Handbook is not the same as Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, Home Study Edition (The Home Study Edition is a paperback, 1956, plates by C Radar. Content is similar to the regular manual, with 70 chapters,…
I’m doing a birds-eye view of Simplified, at least the parts I’ve done so far. It’s a good review, and will help me decipher unknown words. So far, all the disjoined prefixes are above the words, and the disjoined suffixes are below. (At least they start below. “thousand dollars” travels upwards.) I haven’t seen any…
Or is is my memory playing tricks on me? Cricket
I’m curious if my hypothesis is correct, but can’t test it myself just yet. This chapter and last have many prefixes that combine many letters. The groups electr-, intr-, and ship/short. On average, 3 sounds combined into one shape. My theory is fast writers will find later passages faster than earlier ones because of this….