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March 31, 2025 - New Additions:
The Synthetic Method of Shorthand (1898) in the Graham section of the 'Shorthands' page.
The Vowel System of Short Hand (1864) by Carr on the 'Historical' page.
Taquigrafía Castellana by Martí in the 'Spanish' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
Passmore's Shorthand in a Day (1875) on the 'Historical' page.
Tractatus de Siglis Veterum (1703) by Nicolai in the 'Latin' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
Pantagraphy - A Perfect System of Phonetic Shorthand and Phonetic Longhand (1873)  by Joseph Beale on the new 'Historical' page.
Shorthand for General Use (1911) by Call on the 'Historical' page.
A Methodical System of Shorthand (1828) by Peacock on the 'Historical' page.
Complete Manual of Beale Shorthand (1887) by Burbank on the 'Historical' page.
A Complete Inductive Course in the Beale Shorthand (1898) by C. Beale on the 'Historical' page.

March 30, 2025 - New Additions:
I've created a new page named 'Historical' which will contain older manuals for preservation that are not likely to useful to people in modern times.
L'Okygraphie Sacrée (1840) by Abbé et Page on the new 'Historical' page.
Unigraphy - A Complete System of Shorthand (1897) by Baldwin on the new 'Historical' page.
The Universal Character (1657) by Beck on the new 'Historical' page.
The Universal Character Retyped by Andy Drummond on the new 'Historical' page.
A System of Shorthand on the Principle of the Association of Ideas (1821) by Bingham on the new 'Historical' page.
Tachygraphy or the Flying Pen (1815) by Carstairs on the new 'Historical' page.
Morrell's Phonographic Manual (1901) (Pitmanic) on the new 'Historical' page.
Thoographia, or a New Art of Shorthand (1692) by Nicolas on the new 'Historical' page.
Instruction sur la Typophonie (1832) by Painparé / Lupin on the new 'Historical' page.
Perkins Cryptography or the Most Concise System of Shorthand (1834) on the new 'Historical' page.
Japanese Stenography and their PDF Library from the Japanese Stenography Association to the 'Links' page.
Indian Shorthand List  from a Japanese website, this page has info on Indian shorthand systems for many different Indian languages, on the 'Links' page.
SVPERTEXTVS NOTARVM TIRONIANARVM  a German language site for Tironian notes, to the 'Links' page.

March 28, 2025 - New Additions:
The Art of Short-Hand Writing (1829) by Knight, to the 'Taylor' page.

March 26, 2025 - New Additions to the 'Links' page:
Ditados Taquigráficos, dictations by Waldir Cury in Portuguese
Těsnopis mě baví  I Enjoy Shorthand, blog and resources for Czech and Slovak shorthand
Aira Avor  Youtube videos of Czech dications
Těsnopis - Lekce  Lessons for Czech shorthand
Online Kurz Stenografie  A book of Slovak shorthand online
Česky Těsnopisný Spolek  Czech steno and shorthand site

March 25, 2025 - New Additions:
Allgemeine Stenographie by Horowitz, in the German section of the 'Shorthands' page.
An Attempt to Remodel the Art of Stenography by Latham on the 'Shorthands' page.
Hebrew Shorthand סתינוגרפיה לעורית by Maimon, a Kunowski method, in the 'Hebrew' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
Historie českého a slovenského těsnopisu  The History of Czech and Slovak Shorthand, on the 'Links' page.
Ideography by How on the 'Shorthands' page.
Mack Shorthand by Mack on the 'Shorthands' page.
Swift Writing by Hodgson on the 'Shorthands' page.
The Art of Short Hand Writing by Knight on the 'Shorthands' page.
The Art Short Writing (1715) by Lane on the 'Shorthands' page.
The Short Hand Standard Attempted by Moat on the 'Shorthands' page.
Tratado de Taquigrafia by Maron in the Portuguese section of the 'Shorthands' page.

Swift strokes on the page,

words compressed like fleeting breath,
time bends to the hand.
- ChatGPT

March 4, 2025 - New Additions:
r/stenoph is a new Filipino Gregg shorthand reddit group, added to the 'Links' page.
Jane Segar, an Artist at the Elizabethan Court  (link to article) with shorthand samples, added to the 'Characterie' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
New Approaches to Shorthand - Studies of a Writing Technology, a book containing a series of essays on various shorthand topics, under 'History' in the 'Additional Materials' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

March 4, 2025 - New Additions:
Stenografia Shqip by Benussi, a Albanian Gabelsberger system, is in the 'Foreign Language' section under 'Albanaian' on the 'Shorthands' page.
Taquigrafia em Tempo de Comunicação by Scolastico, a Leite Alves system, is in the 'Portuguese' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

“Fast, meaningful reading paves the road to fast, meaningful writing. A faltering monotone in reading is the bellwether of the hesitant hand in shorthand. It is, after all, unreasonable to expect the student to fluently write what he cannot fluently read.” – Seymour Rosen

March 2, 2025 - New Additions:
Dictionary of Affixes by Michael Quinion on the 'Links' page.
Phonetic Shorthand Typewriting by H.B. Peters in the 'Alphabetic Shorthands' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

February 27, 2025 - New Additions:
The Newest, Plainest, and Shortest Shorthand (Zeiglographia variation) - Coles and Coles' Zeiglographia example from Thomas Bayes in the 'Shelton' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
Diamond Jubilee Brief Forms Anki Set and Bibliographical Notes of Gregg Publications up to 1922 on the 'Gregg' page.
Current Character Chart in the 'Sweet' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

February 25, 2025 - New Additions:
A 'Dictations' section under the 'Additional Materials' heading of the 'Shorthands' page.
Key/Transcript to Gregg Simplified Functional Manual link to document useful for dictation material, made by Cricket on the 'Gregg' page.

February 24, 2025 - Added three editions of Shelton's Zeiglographia, as well as samples of that shorthand by Jefferson, Newton, and Pepy, link to Shelton's materials is here.

February 22, 2025 - New additions:
NeoTaylor  "NeoTaylor introduces many additions to the system including shading, updated brief forms, punctuation, new rules, and new strokes."...on the 'Links' page.
Maximum in Minimo or Mr. Jeremiah Rich's Pen's Dexterity Compleated (1674) by Botley and Rich Redivivus or Mr. Jeremiah Rich's Shorthand Improved (1694) by Stringer on the 'Shorthands' page.
Sistema de Taquigrafia, a Graham/Pitman method by Anderson in the Portuguese section of the 'Shorthands' page.

February 16, 2025 - New additions:
Catón de Taquigrafía Compendio del Sistema Estenografía Argentina by Larralde in the Spanish language section of the 'Shorthands' page.

February 13, 2025 - New additions:
Gregg Shorthand Phrase Book (1902) in the Pre-Anni section of the 'Gregg' page.
Gulliver's Travels (1893) and its Key in the Pre-Anni 'Novels' section of the 'Gregg' page.
Aesops Fables (1893) and its Key in the Pre-Anni 'Novels' section of the 'Gregg' page.
Sténographie - Zryd 1905 - in the Prevost-Delaunay part of the French section of the 'Shorthands' page.
Shorthand for General Use by Everett on the 'Shorthands' page.

February 7, 2025 - New addition:
Two Mengelkamp summaries and an alphabet of the English version of his system made by u/brifoz which can be found here.

February 5, 2025 - New addition:
Brief Shorthand by Mockett, on the 'Shorthands' page.

In shorthand skilled, where little marks comprise
Whole words, a sentence in a letter lies.
Thomas Creech (1659-1701)

February 4, 2025 - Seven new Tagalog manuals have been added to the Tagalog section of the 'Shorthands' page.  Six of them are Gregg manuals, and one is based on Marti.  You can access them at this link.

February 2, 2025 - New additions:
Bissell Shorthand to the 'Shorthands' page.
Recognition of Teeline Shorthand Using Deep Learning to the 'Articles' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
A Shorthand Reporter at 90 and Still Fast  An interview with Mr. Dupraw, Gregg court reporter, link to a N.Y. Times article, added to the 'Articles' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

January 26, 2025 - New addition:
Taquigrafia  This is a playlist by La Profe that teaches Spanish Gregg, now in the 'Links' page.

January 22, 2025 - New additions:
Taquigrafia: una Adaptacion al Espanol del sistema Gregg (1952) by two shorthand reporters, Mardones and Guerrero, from the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, in the Spanish section for Gregg on the 'Shorthands' page.
Ten Second Facility Tests - Dewey  Supplement to the Proceedings of the New York State Shorthand Reporters' Association (1918) in the 'Shorthand Comparisons' section of 'Additional Materials' on the 'Shorthands' page.

"Short-hand, on account of its great and general utility, merits a much higher rank amongst the arts and sciences than is commonly allotted to it.  Its usefulness is not confined to any particular science or profession, but universal:  and therefore by no means unworthy the attention and study of men of genius and erudition."  Dr. Samuel Johnson

January 21, 2025 - New additions:
Wakid Shorthand and Arabic Shorthand: A Comparison between the Aryan and Wakid Methods, both in the Arabic section of the 'Shorthands' page.

January 20, 2025 - New additions:
An Essay Intended to Establish a Universal Standard of Stenography (1786 Subscriber Edition) from u/R4_Unit's personal copy, on the 'Taylor' page.
Stenography and Literature: What did Western European and Russian Writers Master the Art of Shorthand Writing For?  in the 'Additional Materials', 'Articles' section of the 'Shorthands' page.
The Pocknell Collection  at the Exeter Library on the 'Links' page.
Exact Phonography (1887) and Exact Phonography (1893) by Bishop on the 'Shorthands' page.
SCAC - Simpified Cursive Alphabet for Comfort  created by u/IIIIIIIIIIII, in the 'Simplified Alphabets' section of the 'Shorthands' page.

"There is no such thing as a poet or a writer who at the moments of inspiration would not wish to write down on a paper his impressions and ideas but common writing due to its slowness stifles the imagination, the inspiration ceases, and he transfers to the paper just a faint outline of the thoughts inspiring him;...whilst shorthand can follow every idea, passion, feeling, and expression that is catching on every word and expression quickly."  M. I. Ivanin (1801-1874), an inventor of the first shorthand system in Russian.

January 18, 2025 - New additions:
Dacomb The Australian Shorthand and Garber's International Shorthand which u/mavigozlu scanned for us at the State Library of Victoria while visiting Melbourne.
All About Dutton's Shorthand under the new Dutton heading in the abstract shorthands section.
Manual of Free-Hand under the author's name 'Free' on the 'Shorthands' page.
Guide to Reading Pepys Shorthand - Loveman in the Shelton section of the 'Shorthands' page.

January 15, 2025 - New additions:
- Three Arabic language manuals, Awad Stenography اختزال عوض , Shorthand, or Stenography سليمان البستاني by Boustani, and Hannareas هناريس a Gregg adaptation by Hanna and Reas.
- Notehead Shorthand: A Rhythmic Shorthand Method for Melodic Dictation Exercises (article) in the Additional Material section of the 'Shorthands' page under 'Articles'.
- An Elementary Text In Gregg Shorthand For College Students - Parmenter. (Simplified)

January 14, 2025 - New additions:
- Will's Commercial Shorthand (1874) to the Taylor page.
- Diccionario de la Taquigrafia Gregg (Pre-Anniversary) to the Spanish language section.
- Constructive Dictation (1919) to the Pre-Anniversary section.  It's mostly just text, but there's a Shorthand Vocabulary section in Gregg in the back on pages 345 to 376.
- Two new Notehand articles to the Notehand Additional Materials.
- Many secretarial training pdfs from The Gregg Publishing Company, in the Reference Materials section of the Gregg page.

January 13, 2025 - I created a new webpage for all the Taylor materials, except for the foreign language variations which are still listed under each language on the 'Shorthands' page. 
New additions:
- A new German version of Taylor, Stenographie - Mosengeil (1799) to the German section.
- A new website, Quikscript Outpost, to the 'Links' page.
- Sire De Maletroits Door (1923) added to the Pre-Anniversary Gregg novels.
- Mary Shipman Andrews Stories to the Pre-Anni and Anniversary novels.
- Gregg Shorthand Reader 1912 English Key to the Pre-Anniversary section.
- How to Read Gregg Printers Codes to the Gregg Resources section.

January 12, 2025 - I added all the Taylor manuals that I didn't already have from u/R4_Unit's website to the Taylor materials I have on the website.  This also includes one German, four French (Prévost-Delaunay), and five Italian manuals.

January 11, 2025 - u/R4_Unit announced his new website with many pdfs of Taylor manuals for download, with many foreign language and English Taylor variants by many different authors.

January 10, 2025 - Someone on r/shorthand was looking for a better copy of the charts from Harding's Taylor manuals, so u/BerylPratt sent me high resolution scans of the charts from her physical copy.  I enhanced them so the print was darker and more legible, then made them into a pdf, Harding High-Res Shorthand Charts, which I have now on the 'Taylor' page. The pdf is 233mbs, so the download may take some time.  Because of the recent interest in Taylor's system, I've done some searching over the internet and have now increased the number of Taylor manuals available on the website as well as some by other authors who have created their own variations of the shorthand.