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 thought I’d briefly share a fun gadget that can be used for shorthand note-taking. It’s the Boogie Board 9.7 Sync eWriter. You can think of it as a paperless digital notebook. Its screen and stylus were designed to have more of the feel of pen and paper, so it’s less slippery than writing on…
I’ve digitized another Dictation Disc Company record set (482). This one includes 24 dictations that range from 60 to 90 WPM. Most of them are less than 2 minutes long. The back of the box claims there is a transcript, but there was not one included. It says it’s a “complete theory review.” For the…
I’ve created Notehand Bingo for my two Notehand scholars. Attached is a .pdf file which contains two different Notehand Bingo games with which to practice your Notehand skills: (1) “Brief Forms” and (2) “100 Frequently Used Words.” Included in this file: ∙ 10 Notehand “Brief Form” Bingo Cards ∙ 1 blank Notehand…
I recently stumbled across an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called The Voynich Code: The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript. No one has been able to crack its code — is it shorthand? Encrypted text? Gibberish? Even the illustrations are other-worldly. Some wonder if the author was the young Leonardo DaVinci, but no one really knows…
I just finished reading a biography about George D. Watt, who was a Pitman scribe to the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young, for 30 years during the mid 1800’s. The biography is available in print as well as in .pdf format for free on the University of Utah website here. It was fascinating– how often do…
The following is a list of Gregg magazines that have been scanned and are available online as .pdf docs. If you know of any others, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list. The Light-liner Vol. 2 #2-8 (June 1896 – Nov. 1899) Vol. 2 #1 – Vol. 3 #7 (Oct. 1899…
I don’t know if this has already been posted (I checked the tags and didn’t see it, at least), but Volume XV of the Gregg Writer (which spans September 1912 to August 1913) is available as a .pdf on Internet Archive here. Does anyone know of any others?
If there are any Gregg reporters here, you might find this new special edition reporting notebook interesting. CBS reporter John Dickerson helped with its design. This is not Gregg-ruled, but Collegiate-ruled (I suppose that could bring up a whole debate about whether Gregg ruling is too wide or not). For info and a video of…
Here’s a little movie for ya! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODD-ykX_ZiM
Here’s yet another elusive gem for Notehand. This is a consumable workbook with perforated pages intended specifically for the 2nd edition Notehand textbook (1968). It has really helpful note-taking practice exercises, to get kids to distill the info they read or hear and to put it into their own words via Notehand. Also, the evolution…