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.
I had an interesting experience this week. For the past 3 years, I’ve written in Notehand more than longhand or printing (I journal in Notehand, and am an extensive Notehand note-taker). A few days ago, right after writing in my journal in Notehand for a lengthy amount of time, I started a letter to a…
Here’s the second box set, called Theory Group 2, which covers Lessons 13-24 from the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified 2nd edition text. The recordings are closely aligned to this in-print text. These dictations are 50 wpm. This set was in a little better shape than Theory Group 1, with fewer scratches/skips. I created a chart (see below) to…
OK, I’ve heard of Greghand and Notehand… but Gregg Briefhand? I found this page on the Rider University website. The book is from 1951 and has 231 pages. It’s written by Louis A. Leslie & Charles E. Zoubek, but it’s published by Shorthand Associates. Has anyone seen this one before or does anyone know anything…
Here are some more dictation files! These records arrived still sealed in their original envelope, presumably never used before (though there were just a couple of scratches, nonetheless. Those are noted in the attached file.) These dictations range from 60 to 90 wpm. Attached are 16 mp3 files and a .pdf with the contents (everything…
I thought it might be handy to put all the dictation recording links in one place, so they are easier to find. These links represent hundreds of dictation recordings! I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of the shorthand laboratory of yesteryear. If you have Evernote, you can turn your phone or tablet into a…
Some time ago I began recording dictation practice for my kids based on the 1st edition of the Gregg Notehand text. Even though the Notehand text is adamant about not using this particular edition for verbatim dictation, I do think it is useful to learn how to generate an outline on demand for practice, to…
I recently acquired some of the dictation box sets for Gregg Simplified edition shorthand and have started to digitize the records. This is the first box set, called Theory Group 1, which covers Lessons 1-12 from the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified 2nd edition text. The recordings are closely aligned to this in-print text.The dictations are…
I’m curious if anyone has tried to use any kind of graphic arts or drawing software for shorthand (like CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator, or any of the freeware programs). If so, what do you recommend? What kind of results did you get? Could you easily create the Gregg outlines using such software? Did you use…
I thought it might be helpful for newbies to have one place where they can go to find keys to their shorthand books. I remember feeling frustrated in high school at times when we weren’t provided with a key to our shorthand text. Pre-Anniversary Gregg Shorthand (1916) Key to Manual Gregg Shorthand Reading Book (1900)…
This book (Intensive Exercises in Vocabulary Building by Charles Lee Swem) has been digitized as an online loan on Internet Archive. It contains practice for high-frequency words, and it includes a key at the end. You can’t download it as a .pdf, but if you have an Internet Archive account, you can read it for…