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.
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…
Today I uploaded Gregg Notes No. 1 (1915) to the Internet Archive. The link is included at the end of this post. This book is from the Gregg Court Reporting Series. There are two court testimonies and two jury charges written in Gregg Shorthand. The shorthand matches the 1902 Gregg Shorthand manual. The separate book…
Here is the final box set that I had left to digitize. Side A of each record was taken from Dictation for Mailable Transcripts. Side B of each record was taken from Progressive Dictation With Previews. If you want a transcript of these recordings, I’d recommend getting these books. These recordings were cleaned up and enhanced…
Here’s Theory Group 4, which covers Lessons 37-48 from the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified 2nd edition text. The recordings are closely aligned to this in-print text. These dictations are mostly 70 wpm, though two recordings were duplicated at 80 wpm. As always, these were cleaned up and enhanced with Audacity. As far as the recordings that have…
Here’s Theory Group 3, which covers Lessons 25-36 from the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified 2nd edition text. The recordings are closely aligned to this in-print text. These dictations are mostly 60 wpm, though one recording was duplicated at 70 wpm. There were very few scratches in this set; only 4 skips in the whole box set (and…
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…
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…