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.
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
I stumbled across a blogger on Tumblr (Bug Catcher in Viridian Forest) who has compiled some shorthand sightings from both the Sherlock Holmes books and the BBC Sherlock series. Pretty fun! The link is here.
I was watching Dr. Who this weekend and saw some shorthand! It’s in the episode called Blink from season 3 (the one with the weeping angels). Here is the link to the shorthand scene– the shorthand is found at minute 1:36. Below is a screenshot of it. I guess this is Pittman shorthand, though a…
Just ran across this book from 1921. It is a general reference, not directed to any particular version of shorthand, with lots of admonitions for the professional stenographer as well as helps with spelling and grammar, etc. https://archive.org/details/stenographersma00kildgoog
There is nothing about shorthand in this article, but it does suggest that those students who go the no-tech route for their note-taking fair better in school. Folks doing Notehand, take note! Why smart kids shouldn’t use laptops in class
Congratulations to all the current and former administrative assistants in the group. Enjoy your day!
I stumbled on this link at Utah State University for a graduate thesis called An Analysis of Shorthand Usage as Perceived by Selected Ogden, Utah Business Executives by Normadine D. Kennedy. There are even more shorthand studies in their archives here. Enjoy this historical snapshot of shorthand!
Next time you’ll schedule a meeting with someone, you may be interacting with Amy, the robot! A company called x.ai is developing an artificial intelligence application (that is, a robot), that will take care of your meetings. This Computer World article has the details. The company is even looking for beta testers. So let’s see,…
Here is something that might interest Louis A. Leslie collectors. It’s not exactly shorthand related, but it will help you learn how to spell the 400 most commonly misspelled words in the English language (and thus help you with your transcription skills!) The set is edited (and most likely dictated) by Louis A. Leslie. There…