Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
I know articles like these come up from time to time. This is based on a new study in Norway. Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Shorthandly on YouTube
I just noticed a 40-part Gregg shorthand series of short videos on YouTube by Shorthandly. I haven’t checked to see which Gregg edition is being presented. This is a great development, though! Check out the playlist here.
Ethics of Transcribing Shorthand for Others
I’m curious what others think about transcribing, say, journals and letters written in shorthand for someone who isn’t the original owner of those items. We sometimes see pleas for such help. Do you think it’s ethical? Obviously, such persons who take the trouble to write a journal or letter in shorthand most likely have a…
Deseret Alphabet Chart
Some time ago I posted about Deseret Alphabet. This summer I put together a chart to help make it easier to learn. Everything is in one place this way, instead of having to check multiple documents. Thought I’d share. This is not technically shorthand; it was used for spelling reform more than anything else, to…
Practice Drills and Notemaking Exercises For Gregg Notehand 1st ed.
Here is the 1st edition of Practice Drills & Notemaking Exercises for Gregg Notehand. It is a consumable workbook with perforated pages. It goes hand-in-hand with the 1st edition textbook and you use it right along with it, unit by unit (wish I’d had this back when I was first learning!) There is lots of…
Custom Gregg Paper on Incompetech
Gregg ruling is 1/3″ or 3 spaces to the inch, with a single margin drawn down the center of the page. If you want to create your own custom Gregg sheets, here are the settings for two sizes (8 1/2″ x 11″ and the steno pad size 6″x 9″). Just plug in these same numbers…
National Emergency Library (Internet Archive)
Internet Archive has launched its National Emergency Library with wide open access for all its digitized books until June 30th, 2020. No waiting period! There are many Gregg shorthand books available to borrow, including Gregg Notehand. There is also a Book Sponsorship program. If there’s a book they don’t have, you can request that they digitize…
Gregg Student Dictation Practice Records – Speed Set Two
Here is another set of Gregg Student Dictation Practice Records, this time Speed Set Two (previous sets can be found here). These range from 80 to 110 wpm. Record 3 Side A was too damaged to salvage, so in this list of tracks, tracks 9 & 10 are missing. Track Letter # WPM Record…
Summary of Gregg Notehand
These summary charts may have been posted on this group before, but I couldn’t track them down. They are found on the inside covers of the various Notehand textbooks. They are very handy. For a related chart of Notehand brief forms, click here.
Suggested Changes for Notehand Programs (1965)
Here’s a page from the past. It’s rather fun to see what teachers were thinking about to improve their Notehand courses. The list can be helpful to anyone today who might be teaching Notehand.