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.
This is an article originally aimed at students of machine shorthand, but is equally relevant for those learning pen shorthand, that I’ve found useful, and believe that members here might find helpful as well: The Four Rules of Stenography, by Steve Shastay As you might know, I came to Gregg Shorthand from Plover, software that…
I don’t do a lot of dictation practice; I mostly practice by using Gregg in my life as a replacement for longhand, taking notes at meetings, etc. However, from time to time, I test my speed, to see how much of an improvement I’ve made over time. I find that there can be a lot…
Is there a good resource, e.g. Gregg Writer article, book etc. to refer to for outlines for countries, cities, first names and surnames, in 1916 Gregg?
Although the Gregg shorthand manual teaches you to write several dots and ticks to represent certain things, a lot of these are not written in practice (1916 and Anniversary): The h dot can be omitted in most circumstances apart from certain words like “who….” The diphthong “ai” can be written as an “a” in a…
How does everybody here deal with contractions? I am interested in 1916 Gregg Shorthand and verbatim reporting. What I understand, in non-broadcast captioning, machine stenographers do distinguish between contractions and non-contracted versions. In broadcast captioning an element of paraphrasing does occur. In court reporting, there is some grammar correction of the transcript. In parliamentary reporting,…
Since I took up pre-anniversary Gregg shorthand a couple months ago, I have been using it in my daily life instead of longhand. At the moment, I have not done much dictation, since I have not put much emphasis on speed yet, only correctness of theory, but have tested my ability to take dictation, and…
I have been recently reading Lesley Cowan’s biography of John Robert Gregg and I have been finding it quite interesting. One of the things that it has sparked an interest in, is the teaching methods for Gregg shorthand, when it was still being taught in schools and colleges. What I am not sure about is…
I’ve been googling whether there was a “how do you write…?” thread, and there doesn’t seem to be one, so I decided to start one. Apologies if there already is one that didn’t appear on my searches. There have been a few words that I have been trying to work out what is the “proper”…
I’ve been looking through the 1916 manual, and I’m not really clear why the rules for expressing -er are the way they are, especially when it comes to word-signs. You can either use can disjoined r. Or you can use a joined r. Or you can use the reversing principle if the brief contains the…
I’ve recently been looking at the Rider university collection of shorthand stuff donated by Louis Leslie. Rather interesting that the collection has the 1902 manual. I thought that, out of all the preanniversary editions, the 1916 version is the most mature, or the 1888 edition would be there because of its historical significance. A question…