Gregg Shorthand for Personal Note Taking - Introduction
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- This is a course on the use of Gregg shorthand for personal note taking. This introduction covers existing shorthands, and gives the student background to decide if Gregg is an appropriate shorthand for his/her use. Course materials are listed, and the first assignment is given. Course materials and resources are available at: drive.google.com/folderview?i...
This is the first of 5 lectures in the course. The entire series is:
Introduction
1.1
1.2
2-3-4
5
I really want to learn Gregg! For me, it's not a matter of speed, or personal note-taking. When my mother passed away recently, she left behind a lot of shorthand notes - some going back to the fifties! I would love to be able to read at least some of them. Although, even she admitted that her notes were sometimes indecipherable.... I don't know how much success I'll have, but I feel it's worth the effort!
TheMacawlady Learning the alphabet from this series may not be a bad place for you to start. Your mom probably learned either from the Anniversary edition which came out in 1930, or the simplified edition, which came out in 1949. The next major edition came out in the '60s, so if she was already writing in the 50's she learned before then. Learning the alphabet will enable you to puzzle out some of her words. I give in the course references the Anniversary dictionary which covers the abbreviations in use at that time. That may be the only resource you need. If it turns out that there are other words you can't read that don't appear in the Anniversary dictionary, you may want to pick up a copy of the Simplified dictionary on the second hand market.
Howard Wallace Yes, she would have been in high school in the 50's, so the 1949 edition was probably what she used. Thank you for the tips!
god bless u on ur journey
Hi. Sorry for your loss.. If you need help in reading them, I offer my help. Im very fluent in Gregg.
@@corneliuslarkins3705 I need your help
At 75, I feel the need to renew my shorthand skills from the 60s (wouldn't want to die without knowing shorthand 😂). Thank you for the opportunity. 👍
You are welcome!
About a month ago I decided to read/study the Bible (to see what it actually says) and I was having a hard time understanding some of the wording so I found that it is much easier to understand if I wrote it out. Yesterday I realized that after four weeks, half of a notebook and 10+ pencils I wasn't even halfway through Genisis, so I decided that I needed figure out someway to save time, energy and paper. I decided I needed to learn some form of shorthand but didn't want to spend a lot of time doing it. I spend almost three hours googling in circles and watching random videos that were pointless and confusing, then I randomly picked the link to this video and it is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Not only was I able to copy verses in half the time, but my spelling is atrocious and this nearly eliminated the issue (I have always tried to spell things out phonetically)... and I only watched lesson 1.1. Thank you so much, I can't even begin to tell you how much easier my life is going to be because of this. -Paige LaVerne Webber,
Paige Webber
How did it go for you? I wanted to do the exact some thing as you, write out the bible.
Thank you so much Mr. Wallace for this valuable course! I am a journalism major student trying to rely on a fast way to report when I cannot record interviews. I know you said Gregg may not be the best for court reporting, but you said it was among the fastest. I believe your course will help me gain the expertise to rely on this shorthand for court reporting and interviews! Keep inspiring and educating others!
Chelsea,
Good luck with your studies!
Howard
Thank you so much for taking the time to offer this skill! I just began Gregg today. My mother knew shorthand from her work back in the '50s. I've always wanted to get into it and was motivated by you showing up in my feed.
How cool! Glad you found what you were looking for. Check out my other shorthand videos also.
This is very useful. Thank you for taking the time toproduce such a wonderful course. I'm glad I fund your channel.
You're welcome! I'm pleased you're finding value in it.
Love the video! So little content out there for Gregg, although I'm almost a quarter way through my Alice in Wonderland in Gregg book!
Thank you for making this course, I had been looking for resources on the topics and glad you are sharing your expertise with the world!
You're welcome!
I've been looking for online shorthand courses for days and finally get to you, you're the best one
Thanks! I hope the material helped you out.
I am from Japan, practicing consecutive interpretation between Japanese and English. I have been wondering if Gregg shorthand can be incorporated into note-taking skills for interpretation, and have found this site; however, being in Japan, the access to learning materials is limited. I am greatly thankful for your efforts to create this self-learning course. Thank you very much.
Thank you for your interest. Shorthand can give you the ability to quickly record English speech in a way you, but few others, can read. If you think this ability could be of value for an interpreter then you may wish to undertake the study.
@@Howard_Wallace Thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this video. I am going to try and learn shorthand from your videos. I like how you're organized and clear in your approach.
Good luck Apple Gal. It's a fun project. Be sure to download the text and associated materials from the link in the text block under the video on the TH-cam page. Please leave comments on each of the videos as you get to that point in your studies. That will be helpful to me and I may make annotations in the videos based on the comments I receive. Please take as much time as you need and work at a comfortable pace. There are exercises that could take you some time associated with each video. This course is just to get you to the point where you can comfortably continue study and development on your own.
Thanks Howard. I have downloaded and printed the material and read Chapter 1. And I will comment further in each lesson, only my life is a bit crazy right now so this is more of a side project to do when I'm not busy. Also, I may be in the middle of traveling and moving house in the next while due to my search for work...so I expect delays. Thanks again
This was very interesting! I'm just getting into shorthand and plan to check out the rest of the series. Also as a homeschool grad, I think it's wonderful you are using and providing free texts/resources, making it so accessible.
Thanks Marian! I do have a video and materials specifically directed to homeschooling. Feel free to share with your homeschooling contacts.
It's 8 years since you posted this series. I took shorthand in high school many years ago and am now a healthy, vibrant 72 year old. I was thinking what additional thing could I do to continue to keep my mind sharp and I thought of relearning and using shorthand when I listen to sermons. I really appreciate your work here and all the printable resources you've provided. This is going to be fun. My only concern is that I start writing my shorthand in calligraphy as I've also learned brush calligraphy :-)
I hope you see this and know how pleased and grateful I am to have found your course.
Thankyou for making this course. It looks like it's been 5 years since you've posted it, but its still relevant to me and what I'm doing today. I dont know if you'll ever end up reading this but if you do there are some things I want to say to you. First is that this course has made my journey to learning gregg much easier and I appreciate it immensely. And second I love how organized you are about how you set the course up and I really appreciate how well you prepared resources for us so we can follow along properly, it actually makes me very proud to be learning gregg shorthand from you. It's like I'm back in high school learning from my teachers again.
Yasha, You’re welcome. I’m glad you found the course and that it is helpful. I have a few other Gregg videos on my channel after you’ve finished up the initial 5 video course. I wish you the best in your studies.
That Diamond Jubilee Series is the text book (and workbook) that my mom had in college!! I know because I have them in my book collection now! I'm going to follow your course, as you lay it out in the videos, and I'm very excited!
Hope this helped in your journey!
This is the best course on shorthand that I've seen on the internet.
Thank you.
Can u send me notes about shorthand dictation
Nearly a decade old but really valuable!
Really like your video. I was the last class in my high school to get to learn Gregg. I really took to it and still use it today. Thanks for making the videos!
+Rohan Zener Great, let me go get my dictionary and figure out what the fuck you just said.
Hi just wanted to say this was really helpful as to me choosing which shorthand to learn, I'm using it to take notes in classes so I'll be following your lessons on Gregg. Thanks!
So pleased this one was helpful. I made it to help people make decisions like you just did. Best of luck with your studies!
Thank you so much! I am a linguistics student and I am interested in shorthands after listening to some phonetic discussion during my lessons.😃
Thank you for a very good overview of shorthand systems, Mr Wallace. I'd like to emphasise that I think a lot of effort is needed for someone to learn the basic strokes of old fashioned symbol shorthand systems as thoroughly as they need to be learnt. Some people manage it - and some seem to take a great liking to symbol shorthand - while others, like me, hate spending time "learning squiggles" (as i've heard it described). I tried and failed to learn the basic strokes of first Pitman's then Gregg's. I then tried a cumbersome abc shorthand system. I am now learning Teeline and, like Blueflame 1 0 1, I find it is easier to learn than Gregg's, which you acknowledge Teeline was designed to be. This is because, though Teeline is a symbol system, the basic strokes of Teeline are based on our Roman alphabet. That helped me.
The point I want to make is the importance of choosing the right system right from the start as it is very frustrating and demoralising to have to unlearn one system to learn another. You will find yourself about to write something that could be read as something entirely different in the system you've now adopted.
Thanks again for a great video.
Judith, Thanks！ Your insights into the advantages of Teeline may be of assistance to others of a similar bent.
Thanks for your kind reply. I've been thinking some more about my failure. I was studying without a teacher and I wonder if there is some established technique that I was unaware of that should be used by people learning the basic strokes of Gregg's. Apologies if you have already covered this in one of your videos.
My videos outline an approach to learning. Much is in the next video. It involves the use of dot paper to help get the relative proportions, and consistent writing and reading practice.
When I finish my associates, I’m going to start studying languages intensively. I hope I can use this to make learning and comprehending them easier. Thank you!
Let us know if it helps.
Thank you very much for your videos. My father gave to me a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula and the main character was writting a shorthand journal also and sending shorthand letters to his loved one. I'm fascinated by this kind of codes since I read David Khan's Code Breakers. I will be following your course now.
There are numerous shorthand groups online. Here is one that has some links to historical materials.
gregg-shorthand.com
Internet searches will often turn up items of interest. It may take a little digging. It’s been a while since I’ve gone searching.
@@Howard_Wallace Thank you so much !!!
I loved this content, and I admire your collection of shorthand books. Very impressive.
I note that in this video, you concentrate on English-language shorthand writing. I am sure you are aware of the variety of systems in use across other languages as well. In particular, the Gabelsberger family of shorthand systems (notably the German/Austrian unified shorthand system) have been described as 'cursive' rather than 'geometric' (Pitman being a rather pure form of the latter), and have been adapted to many European languages.
I feel this is an underresearched and probably underdocumented subject. However as you hint at in the video, active, practice-based knowledge about them is fading. We use other writing implements, systems, supporting technologies now and the niches for shorthand tend to disappear. These techniques should therefore be captured and documented now.
I have a lot of shorthand my uncle wrote, and I have tried to read it, but it's going to take some time, so far I can't read it. But I also would like to be able to take notes faster too. So two reasons I am hoping I love this course. I have listened to the introduction, downloaded, and read the first lesson. I have a couple of Gregg books I have picked up at rummage sales the past few years.
+Bob Thomas Best of luck Bob. Let us know how you fare with the two objectives.
I hope you have had success with his notes. If not, I offer my assistance to you as well.
Just finished watching your introduction video. Successfully accessed the material list links and actually excited to learn Gregg.
My purpose is that of transcribing one on one interviews. As a personal development coach / hypnotist, one important skill is the ability to repeat the client's language, usually short phrases, which contain their subconscious programming.
When working with a client the other day, it was difficult to keep up, however I believe Gregg will solve this minor issue.
Also, I appreciate the value of the privacy aspect of the shorthand, due to the lack of use. The vast majority of people would have no idea what the "squiggly" lines mean.
Thank you for your presentation. By the way the camera work is great. Subtle movement, not shakey, feels very active.
Jerry, You have a great use case for this skill. Please let us all know how it works out for you.
You are the best sir i started learning greag today ,i learned a lot ,your video is very helpful for us please make more and more videos on greag shorthand 💖 love 😍 you from india ,your work is really appreciable ,Thanks for your valuable time
I am pleased that this is helpful for you. Look on my channel for more videos beyond the introductory series. Best wishes for you in your studies.
Thank you for share this document of Gregg shorthand
You are welcome!
Thank you sir, even me can understand your pronounciation.
In our classroom, I wast top of the class learned fast in writing shorthand and only male steno student of our office ad course..
But now, I will practice writing in shorthand for future note taking quickly. I want to learn how to use steno machine soon.
@@franzfms86 I wish that they taught that in schools more. It could be so useful in note taking and so many other things.
@@missdelaney7340 I hope so. And super useful too especially writing your own diary or note taking too.
Thank you!! The only thing I remember from my 1962 class is "Dear Sir"
You're welcome. Hope you remember a bit more now.
Please continue your work sir
My work on these introductory materials is complete. For those wishing deeper studies, I recommend commercial books and courses. It is good to see from your screen name that the need for such courses is being met. Best wishes!
Hello!
First, I want to thank you for making this course. I don't need to learn shorthand writing, but for some random reason I decided to give it a try. Your course seems to be quite complete, even though you say it's only the basics. So, thanks for all the effort!
I had two questions for you:
I'm a spanish speaker (it's my born language), and I have no problem writing on english (shorthanded or otherwise), but I wanted to ask you if you knew about Gregg in other languages. I've found some resources to write gregg in spanish, but just wanted to ask you.
The second thing is the dot paper. The dots have another use other than measuring? The thing is that I have a gridded notebook (the one with squares printed on it), so I was wondering if I could use that paper instead.
Again, great course. Thanks!
Martin.
I've heard of Spanish adaptations of Gregg but I haven't studied them. You're on your own there.
Graph paper will serve the same purpose as dot paper. I like the look of dot paper, even when I'm using it to make graphs.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
+Howard Wallace Thanks :)
Perfect teacher
Thanks Saitoti!
Would you recommend this system for someone studying law and psychology who will be working in the field of law? (Not as a court reporter)
+Human Earthling Gregg shorthand should serve you well. There are both Legal and Medical dictionaries for Gregg, although I have not run into one for psychology. The special dictionaries really are not necessary, but they do point out that many people in those fields have used Gregg in the past.
I practiced law for several years and wish I had had the inspiration to learn shorthand. Especially as a young lawyer, you find yourself tasked with taking notes during phone calls when the grownups are talking. You are expected to follow and grasp the details of the conversation, all while taking flawless notes. I don't type well, and even if I did, the sound of the tap-tap-tapping in the background would distract everyone on the call. I guess typing is now required in high school so that people can better use their electronic devices. Shorthand should be a required pass/fail, no-credit module in law school.
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome!
My grandmother passed away two months ago, and while going through here mountains of paperwork and file cabinets I found a copyright agreement for a song she wrote. I had no idea she wrote poetry, let alone songs worthy of copyright. Enclosed in the agreement was a small shorthand note labeled "my first love" which was the song the agreement was for. Is there any way I could contact you and send you a picture for a translation? I would be very grateful to know what song my late grandmother wrote.
Tanner, How exciting! If the notes are in Gregg shorthand you may be able to use my videos and reference materials to solve the puzzle yourself. Shorthand tends to have personal quirks, so reading someone else's shorthand can be a challenge and take a bit of work. I don't translate materials myself. I've heard there are translation services available that will take on such a task though. I have not searched them out, but it may be worth looking for. You could also try posting a picture of the note on the Gregg shorthand group on Facebook. There are usually people there looking for a challenge who enjoy taking a stab at translations.
This is sad. I am a g/gmother of 75 and have written & published 17 books and journals over 50 years, including a lot of poetry & songs, but no one in my family has shown the faintest interest in any of them. What a shame one must die before the documents are valued.... Or not! 📚 Now I am reviewing my Gregg shorthand skills from the 60s.
@@sunseeker4775 Hi. If you care to, you can email at least one page of any writing to me and we can read it together at the same time. I can only imagine how much you would like to accomplish from her notes. Much success to you!
I am from Ireland and I had learned Gregg Shortland a little differently from what you were taught in USA. I have two books with me. These are "Gregg Most-used Shorthand Words and Phrases" and "Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified," both books by publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company (UK) Limited.
E-Books on Gregg Shorthand. Check for the latest dates on books. Some Gregg spellings differ according to countries - examples, UK and USA.
openlibrary.org/search?q=Gregg+Shorthand&has_fulltext=true
I've noticed that differences tend to be in abbreviations rather than in the phonetic alphabet. My videos focus on the alphabet and abbreviation techniques and so should not pose many problems for someone wishing to go on to one of the historical published systems.
I tend to spell the way I speak, and I have my own personal abbreviations, so my notes are not perfectly consistent with any of the historical systems. Or perhaps they are consistent with every one, since most systems gave the tools for the students to continue development of their own personal hands. One of the primary arguments for consistency in spelling and abbreviation was so other people could read ones notes, and that is not much of an issue nowadays.
+TruthAlways Great resources! Thanks.
Howard Wallace, another great website for ebooks is Internet Archive. It is as good as Open Library, sometimes better. You can never get enough of both websites for book reading.
At Open Library, always be sure to tick "Show ebooks only," if you wish to read online or download ebooks.
Here is a link to Internet Archive. Keep a bookmark of this link for searching ebooks.
archive.org/details/texts
Gregg Shorthand books at Internet Archive at link below where you'll find some stories in Gregg Shorthand.
archive.org/details/texts?and[]=Gregg%20Shorthand
Thank you for sharing this. I write shorthand as well as write machine shorthand on the steno machine.
However, a quick question, I don't understand your outline for the word "personal." Are you writing Simplified? Anniversary? Pre-anniversary?
Paul, I’m not strictly following any of the historical Gregg versions, unless you count the original 1888 version as used in this course, which just showed the letterforms and how to develop abbreviations. Sometimes I look at the other versions for ideas on abbreviations, but I don’t strictly follow any single one. This short course is based on that eclectic approach. The world has been moving on and now we have many new words not abbreviated in any of the historical systems. The modern student needs to be able to develop abbreviations for that reason alone, if for none other. Also, the memory load is lessened considerably if the only abbreviations developed and remembered are ones the student actually uses frequently.
In the video I used “prs” to abbreviate the word “personal.”
Howard Wallace I kinda had an inkling that you were using the brief PRS. You have quite the collection of shorthand books. I wish I could upload a picture of my collection. Some were really difficult to find. However I'm still missing a couple from the Simplified system.
I also went to school to learn StenEd machine stenography for broadcast captioning. We have initially about 500+ briefs and phrases in the core theory but once you move on to speed building that's when you start adding your own briefs & phrases to your dictionary.
StenEd is also a "real-time" theory so there is the additional need to have outlines for all your homonyms, for example: there, their, and they're whereas with Gregg it's much easier because you only need to write it one way and use the context of the sentence to determine which "there" you meant LOL.
Thanks for sharing you shorthand knowledge.
You have beautiful hand writing.
Thanks!
Would you be able to help me translate something written in shorthand? I was recently at a museum and one of the sculptures was holding a notepad with shorthand written on it. I’ve been trying super hard to figure out what is written but I just don’t have a strong enough understanding of shorthand to do so. I honestly can’t even tell which shorthand style it’s written in😅. It would be awesome if you could help!
Lina, you might try one of the Facebook shorthand groups.
Can anyone tell me how to get the pamphlet printout?
There should be an arrow under the video to expand the description. In the description is a link to the other materials.
I'm 13 and don't really understand why I'm here, but it's interesting and I'm going to do whatever it takes to learn this and use it :D!
Have fun!
beautiful handwriting...
Thanks!
Hi Howard, I am not sure if you see this, but I d like to give it a try. First, really love the video here. Can’t thank you enough for your effort and time to have this done. Decided to learn it using this quarantine time. You mentioned in your video that we can find a source link to download the materials. May I please have that link as I failed to find it anywhere? Thank you in advance!
Please look at the explanation under the TH-cam video for the resources link. On my phone there is a triangle next to the video name, and clicking that will expand the notes section.
Really appreciate your prompt reply. Found it! Can not believe after so many years you are still available for questions. All my best wishes for you and your family to stay safe and healthy!
Question: What kind of pen do you use when writing on paper? I want to make my writing look like yours someday!
A broad nibbed pen, often marketed as a calligraphy pen. Should be able to pick one up at an office supply or stationary store.
I am determined to learn Gregg's shorthand, it will be indispensable for my note takingvascan interpreter. But can I use it for French or just English? Waeni
+Waeni Ngoloma Great question! There are some sounds in French that are not used in English, so Gregg needs some adaptation to be used for French. Several authors have created such adaptations. I have not studied any of them though. Here is one to get you started.
Stenographie Gregg. Collection du 75e anniversaire.
by Marie Ernestine, Sister.
Montreal, Division Gregg, McGraw-Hill, [1966]
Call #: 653.4 G8MmaF
Subjects Shorthand, French -- Gregg.
I'm curious how you learned shorthand in the first place? I found a Gregg Shorthand anniversary edition textbook that was my late grandma's that looks like it is from the 20's-30's (first chapter and publisher's page are missing) which kind of turned me on to the subject and I'm hoping to incorporate it into my note taking.
I taught myself from old books. That is a viable way to learn. My videos should get you through the first chapter if you want to continue your studies from the old text. There is a complete digital anniversary edition with the course resources. A link is in the text under the videos in my basic course.
Howard Wallace thank you, I appreciate all the work you've done making the subject so accessible. Did you learn it just for fun, or was there a main application in mind? Just curious.
You're welcome. i decided to learn shorthand when I realized the advantages of a quick and private method of notetaking for my work.
Howard Wallace Interesting, I noticed you mention factors for privacy of many methods in this video so that makes sense now. I would actually prefer if others could read it for noe so I could share notes with other students in my classes, but my own learning is going to have to come first and foremost.
I plan to go through your presentations when I can gather some time and materials for convenience. I now have some digital texts but I often prefer hardcopy. I hope to have a decent grasp by the end of summer, at least enough to start incorporating it in the meantime.
Best of luck with your studies!
Thank You
You're welcome!
Why is the form you used for "taking" considered "non-standard"? That's they way I learned it many years ago from various Gregg Shorthand books. How should it be written?
The conventions from various previous editions of Gregg are of little import today. The vital thing is the writer needs to be able to read what was written.
How do get the copy of the pamphlet?
Should be a down arrow to expand the description somewhere next to the video title. Expand the description and then follow the link.
My apologies if you have this information posted elsewhere, but can you please let me know what version of Gregg this is? Anniversary? Diamond Jubilee? Simplified? Thank you so much; I really appreciate it. Have a wonderful day.
I am thinking Anniversary edition?
This is based on the very first, 1888 Gregg pamphlet. That is a good place to start and Anniversary is a good continuation if your want that level of speed and are willing to work for it.
Hello! I need your help! I have something written by my 95 year old grandfather in shorthand while he was in the hospital. I had never heard of it until he kept repeating shorthand and I finally googled it and realized that this is an actual style of writing! Please let me know if I could get in contact with you somehow please! Thank you soo mich
Lauren, This video introduces you to the different varieties of shorthand. It may help you to figure out the one your grandfather is using. Once you figure that out you may post a picture on one of the shorthand Facebook or web groups. They may be able to help. Shorthands can be highly personalized though, and sometimes that makes them a challenge to read.
/k/ is actually k in Chinese pinyin
c is the equivalent to /ts/ in IPA.
Xie-xie nin.
How long does it take to learn shorthand in note taking when working on it every day?
It can start helping right away if you learn your most commonly used words first and mix them in with your longhand. From that easy basis you can continue adding in more and more words in shorthand.
Sir, Is this shorthand easy to learn than pitmaan ?
I have not learned Pittman so can not answer from my experience.
I have a diary my mum wrote in the early 50's that she wrote in shorthand. she doesn't remember how to read it though. I was wondering if someone had the time to help me translate it. if so FB mellaniy swansong
I could PM some pics of the pages :)
Melanie, this video series may jog your mom's memory, assuming she was writing Gregg. It will also give you the basics you need to start reading it yourself.
If I try to learn this will I still remember how to spell/write English
+Blueflare1o1 If you already know how to spell and write in English you should encounter no difficulty remembering what you already know. However, if you are just learning to spell in English it is possible that the more logical spelling in shorthand could make your learning of conventional spelling more difficult.
+Howard Wallace ok thank you
+Howard Wallace I have found Teeline is more simple to remember.
+Blueflare1o1 Teeline was created with that in mind. Many people like it and do well with it. Since Teeline duplicates all the letters of the Roman alphabet you can even use conventional spelling with it, if you choose to do so. Conventional spelling will slow you down considerably though.
I have five per inch dot paper, I hope thats ok, I got it for school.
That should work well.
Helo Sir !
Can you send me shorthand passages notes Or volume .
Please look at the resources link, in the text section under the video.
@@Howard_Wallace sir only a instructor book and other relative notes but no passages or volume found in the link section
@@Howard_Wallace Sir can you send me other relative notes about shorthand
Have you heard of Handywrite?
Yes. It's based on Gregg but has additional elements to distinguish between sounds. It's more complete in that way. I chose Gregg as much for what it didn't have as what it did. Gregg is pared down to the bare essentials.
Howard Wallace That's helpful, thanks. I am just starting with Gregg but I think I'll like it more for its greater simplicity and because I'm expecting a faster learning curve.
I need orthic videos
Don't know what those are.
@@Howard_Wallace its a type of shorthand
Who needs a printer if you can write cleanly the way he does?
Well, it is pretty slow. Like in a medieval monastery.
Pitman shorthand is not easy to learn also.
It took everything I had to know Gregg. My friend is so good in Pitman. She was a lawyer's secretary at the time. She was really good in (hard) Pitman as I was in (easy) Gregg lol
Great video! FYI “LASER” is not an abbreviation, it’s an acronym. 🙏🏼
The Wikipedia article on abbreviations says “Acronyms and initialisms are regarded as subsets of abbreviations (e.g. by the Council of Science Editors). They are abbreviations that consist of the initial letters or parts of words.”
For the purpose of the shorthand class, I was using abbreviation to mean any means of shortening the phonetic spelling out of a word or phrase.
{()Shorthand is used by mainly be certified accountants as a form of bookeeping()}
Anyone here
You are written wrong stenography
so about 4 mins in I find out dudes name is not Gregg.........
WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE A SMALL VOICE RECORDER THAT YOU CAN PLACE IN YOUR SHIRT POCKET ???
NOBODY WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING ANY RECORDING.
+rcx8666c That is a great idea if you want to record some conversation or a lecture. Most cell phones today will record audio. This technology and voice recognition has made taking dictation obsolete. Notetaking however is quite a different skill. I have one video dedicated to the differences between business dictation and notetaking. In notetaking you think about the content, process it, and record only what is important. Then the notes are easily read and referred to. If one reviews an audio recording one gets all the content, and has to do the processing at the time of listening. That's why few people make and review audiorecordings. You could listen at double speed and cut the review time required in half, but it is still much less efficient than reviewing a page of notes.
SOME BUSINESSES DO NOT WANT ANY VOICE RECORDING ON THEIR PREMISES. I DON'T KNOW WHY. SOME BUSINESS WILL EVEN GET YOU FIRED IF YOU MAKE ANY VOICE RECORDINGS OF THEIR MEETINGS.
A VOICE RECORDING OF A COLLEGE CLASS WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU COULD PROBABLY SELL COPIES OF THE CLASS RECORDINGS TO OTHER STUDENTS OR EVEN GIVE AWAY THE RECORDINGS.
YOU CAN MAKE COPIES AND PUT THE COPIES ON A THUMB DRIVE.
The problem with that is that if you just record passively, you won't learn much. If you are taking notes, you have to listen and decide what is important enough to write down. Even using shorthand, I wouldn't consider writing down every word. I'm trying to understand and sift through the facts WHILE I am writing, so when I read it back later it is just review.
I've wondered how college profs take to having their lectures recorded. It seems to me that one should ask before recording.
rcx8666c, the problem with that is that it is illegal. The professor’s lecture is considered intellectual property of the professor. The university may even kick you out if they find out. You may sell your OWN notes, though.
Edit: sorry, I wasn’t clear enough. You can’t sell, or post online other people’s intellectual property for free, or give it away. It is the same as pirating copyrighted textbooks.
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