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.
Transcribing Speed Practice from the November 1954 issue of Today’s Secretary. 521 words. The material below is the same as the C.T. [Competent Typist] Test across the page, and it is provided so that you can test and compare your speeds of typing from print and from shorthand. Compute your rate on this word-counted material…
“Mining Terms in Gregg Simplified”, compiled for Today’s Secretary by Robert H. Ramsey. From the October 1954 issue of Today’s Secretary. Attachment: miningterms.pdf (by Philip for group greggshorthand)
Transcribing Speed Practice from the September 1954 issue of Today’s Secretary. 504 words. The material below is the same as the C.T. [Competent Typist] Test across the page, and it is provided so that you can test and compare your speeds of typing from print and from shorthand. Compute your rate on this word-counted material…
“Religious Terms in Gregg Simplified”, compiled for Today’s Secretary by Eleanor M. Perz. From the November 1954 issue of Today’s Secretary. Attachment: religious-terms.pdf (by Philip for group greggshorthand)
“The Vain Muskrat”, by Elsie Leffingwell, from the November 1954 issue of Today’s Secretary. 371 words. Flash Reading: for practising reading quickly. Graded: this text is based on chapters One through Six of the Manual. “How fast can you read shorthand? You can probably speed through this page, which is based on chapters One through…
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…
This 21-page booklet was published in 1942 by the Federal Government as a training tool and handy reference. Attachment: review-of-gregg-shorthand-principles-1942.pdf
This article by Charles L. Swem appeared on the November 1935 of The Gregg Writer, and contains a list of reporting shortcuts of common phrases heard in convention speeches. The shortcuts were written by Charles Zoubek and serialized from the November 1935 to the January 1936 issues. Attachment: observations-on-convention-reporting-and-its-problems.pdf