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.
This is an article from 2009 from a world record holder on his speedbuilding technique: 360 Words Per Minute World Record Holder Shares Methods By Mark Kislingbury Mark Kislingbury, the setter of the Guinness World Record of 360 words per minute with 97.22% accuracy, shares his methods. “What does this champion speed writer say about…
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…
I just found this book in Amazon and eBay. Mr. Tursi is President of the NY State Court Reporter’s Association, and founder, director, and instructor at the Verbatim School of Court Reporting in Long Island, NY. He wrote this book in 2015. It has chapters on Mr. Pitman, Dr. Gregg, Mr. Dupraw, and Mr. Swem,…
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…
Hello everyone. I am a reporter who learned Gregg shorthand a bit years ago. Now I want to master the technique to help me record dialogue, as my goal is to use it for stories in newspapers and magazines. Do any members on this site use Gregg for this purpose? If so, did Gregg help…
This example of testimony dictation written in pre-anniversary was serialized in the February 1925 to January 1926 issues of The Gregg Writer. The key follows the shorthand plates. Attachment: a-commission-contract-case.pdf
Since five years ago, I haven’t seen this kind of position offer: http://www.senado.cl/concurso-publico-escalafon-de-la-redaccion-de-sesiones/prontus_senado/2013-03-04/092615.html In brief, it’s a call for two reporters position for the Chilean Senate. Deadline: tomorrow… 🙁 Anyway, I thought about it and it’s difficult for me to move to Santiago (1.800 kms from my present city). Main requirements: nationality, proved shorthand command,…
The following plates written by Martin Dupraw were serialized in the February to June 1936 issues of The Gregg Writer. Can you decipher his writing? Attachment: a-negligence-case.pdf
The following jury charge selection was written in Anniversary Gregg, with the use of numerous reporting shortcuts. It was serialized in the September 1930 to February 1931 issues of The Gregg Writer. Can you identify all the reporting shortcuts in the piece? Attachment: judges-charge-to-the-jury.pdf
This is kind of fun. I don’t know if it’s already been covered here, but I didn’t find it. In the course of reading old threads and following links I came across this video. This shows machine reporting, but this woman shares with us some of how she prepares for contests. How Does 280 WPM…