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.
Hi All, I am retired and decided to learn shorthand for fun. I have just started on my shorthand journey and feel lucky to have found the great community and resources here. A couple of days ago I received some books that I had ordered on eBay and I dove right in. I am using…
A previous post presented the story behind the historic Saint-Aubin Abbey in Angers, France, and Fulk, its first artist. Here is the original French version, as told by the French politician Albert Thomas, pour mes amis francophones, transcribed in both Anniversary and Simplified French Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: le-fief-de-foulques-anniv.pdf Attachment: le-fief-de-foulques-simpl.pdf
Here is a short poem by Robert Frost, transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: the-runaway.pdf
This letter from American lawyer, author of Ben Hur, and governor of New Mexico, General Lew Wallace, to his son Henry, while traveling to Turkey along with his wife Susan in the late 1800s. It appeared in her book Along the Bosphorus, which recounted their travel experiences. In the letter he describes how he arranged…
This entertaining story from Volume II of Short Stories Printed in the Elementary State of Pitman’s Shorthand New Era Edition is transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. A big thank you to Carmel Taylor for providing the English transcription. Attachment: by-a-thread.pdf
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Hello, it has been a while. The text is rather “clumsy”, there must be many mistakes… but I have been wanting to make one for a while. 🙂 Bonjour, ça fait un bon moment que je n’avais rien posté. Le texte est assez “maladroit”, il doit y avoir pas mal d’erreurs… mais j’avais envie de…
I O E and A. I’m having a problem deciphering (and generating) them, size relative and line position relative – even prior to linking to other letters. I’d love to see a clear example, showing line position and *relative* size please.
Thanks Carlos for suggesting I post my novel. Set in the 1950’s a shorthand court reporter realised that vital evidence in the form of shorthand notes is overlooked in investigations. She commences her business as a forensic phonographer. After three successful cases she realises she has definitely found a niche market. More details are available…
Today, I put a new color scan of the 1903 Preanniversary first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. This is the first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This book was first published in 1903. It matches…