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.
Many thanks to NewtonPhilip for typing these passages. Each zip file contains one folder per passage. Each folder contains one mp3 at each speed for the passa Passage Topic Chapter 22 189 Makers of men’s suits 190 Dear Frank 191 In June … washing machine 192 Hard to believe … play the piano 193 Enclosed…
This booklet is a collection of letters and essays that have appeared in different Gregg books and in The Gregg Writer, that were compiled and marked by Clyde Blanchard to be used for dictation. Each test follows the “pyramid” method of speed building, and the first letter starts at 20 wpm. Although the selections are…
This essay from the book “New Shorthand Dictation Exercises” by Edward H. Eldridge gives excellent advice regarding the appropriate time to take new matter dictation (the author calls it “general dictation”), how to study shorthand, and how to perform “autodictation” when a dictator is not available. The book instructs the students to follow the advice…
We have discussed this before over several threads but i would like some clarification. In one of my posts asking about dictation, the advice was to use audio dictation from the beginning – to record and replay at a slow pace and writing with the book open. In another thread here, http://greggshorthand.multiply.com/journal/item/687/Self-dictation Carlos, you gave some great…
Each zip file contains several mp3’s of the same passage at different speeds. Passage Topic 178 taking care of your clothing wants / same individual 179 Flint tires / one morning recently letter 180 Dear Rex, seeking sales manager 181 cannot reserve room for you +++++ File names are in the format: gsf2-13-110-40-90.zip gsf2 =…
Each zip file contains several mp3’s of the same passage at different speeds. Passage Topic 169 United Credit Bureau 170 Christmas gift, Album of the Month Club 171 Mrs. Young, if you are unable to shop 172 Doctors and ministers must have strong tires +++++ File names are in the format: gsf2-13-110-40-90.zip gsf2 = Gregg…
Each zip file contains several mp3’s of the same passage at different speeds. This batch (chapter 19, 20 and 21) were done by the computer. Passage Topic 158 hobby flowers of South book 159 learn in your spare hours Business Review 160 to get ahead in business, girl does not have to look nice, letterhead…
Any text file, at speeds of 25wpm through 140, with any interval using Cepstral’s Lawrence voice. Free, but I’d like to share the resulting files. If you have the language Python 2 installed, you can have copy of the program. A few lines need to be changed for Python 3. You’ll also need a copy…
Hi All, As you know, I’ve been recording and uploading dictation files as I need them. I spend a few hours doing as many as I can before life intervenes. Some days (after four attempts to record a passage at 60wpm), the computer text-to-speech program is very tempting. The current computer method works, but I’d…
Each zip file contains several mp3’s of the same passage at different speeds. Passage Topic 144 Mailing list 145 under strain 146 patron, fur coat 147 neighbour, May 10 148 Neighbour, pardon +++++ File names are in the format: gsf2-13-110-40-90.zip gsf2 = Gregg Simplified Functional 2nd Edition -13 = Lesson 13 -110 = passage 110…