Internet Archives Gregg Novels, Gregg Manuals, and Readers – New Items

I just added 3 new public domain items to the Gregg Novels, Manuals, and Reader Uploads on the Internet Archives.  There are now 31 items on this page: http://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Printed+in+Gregg+Shorthand%22 The latest additions are the PreAnniversary 1916 versions of: –The Great Stone Face –The Legend of Sleepy Hollow –Rip Van Winkle (by Paul for group greggshorthand)

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Any chance of having OCR for Gregg Shorthand?

I know there have been posts on technology but i am wondering if having OCR for Gregg is possible.  It would seem easier in some ways than regular handwriting because the penmanship for shorthand is more strict.  Obviously there isn’t a huge demand for this but i am curios if those of you who are…

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Why the -tic ending for “alphabetic”?

The word alphabet in anniversary is a-l-f according the the abbreviation principle.  The word alphabetic is a-l-f dj a representing the -tic sound at the end.  My question is why if the t is already assumed would the “a” for etic be added and not just a disjoined k? (by Ryan for group greggshorthand)  

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Beginner’s blues

Hi all, Great site, just discovered it. So, I am trying to teach myself Simplified. It is going well, kind of… I can read it fine but writing is another matter. If I write the outlines on my whiteboard at work they are good. But writing normal size on paper they are not so good….

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Pursuit of Perfection

This short but very interesting interview with Mr. Jerry Edelman appeared in the February 1967 issue of Junior Secretary. Jerry wrote the plates for the majority of the Series 90 books. He talked about his job at McGraw-Hill and the process of making shorthand plates. Attachment: pursuit-of-perfection.pdf

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Fantasy novels written in Gregg (?)

I heard somewhere, possibly on this blog, that Alice in Wonderland has been written in Gregg. That alone is fantastic (and what a choice! that book threw my mind for loops), but I was hoping to find out if there are others(?). It would be something to have such books in a collection! Does anyone…

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Your Hand is Fast Enough

This short article from the February 1967 issue of Junior Secretary reinforces the notion that to write shorthand fast, outlines need to be in the brain. In the scan, I included the article “Where Do You Stand?”, which discusses the expectations for dictation speeds of a stenographer in the job market. It contains an interesting…

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Adopt?

I’ve known for some time that the  “o” was not used in the anniversary outline for adopt but then today wrote it in.  Then i began to wonder why.  The “o” is added in the simplified dictionary.  The word adopt appears in the manual along side of adapt in the paragraph on the omission of…

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Omission of H

In Anniversary, we know the principle of omitting the h-dot from the following words: has, had, him, and her. Is this stated anywhere in the Anniversary manual? I cannot find it.

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French Shorthand Resources?

Hi everyone, I’ve been working on the 1939 adaptation of Gregg Shorthand to French for about a month now, for use in school (I’m in Grade 9). I’ve had moderate success: I can NEVER read the Reading Exercises, but I can always read back my own notes (no doubt it’s 90% memory though). I understand…

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