Pitman

The manuals are listed in chronological order, except in the New Era section, the most recommended New Era manual, a dictionary, as well as an invaluable commentary are listed on the top of the section.
The older Pitman manuals are below the New Era and Pitman 2000 sections.
Foreign language versions of Pitman are listed under that language on the 'Shorthands' page.
If you have a shorthand manual to contribute, if you notice any mistakes,
or have any difficulties downloading materials,
please write me at sean@stenophile.com and let me know.

Pitman New Era

Pitman Shorthand Instructor & Key - New Era (1973)
Pitman's Shorthand Dictionary (1943) the 1957 dictionary is also a valuable resource, though memory intensive at 582mb.
A Commentary on Pitman New Era Shorthand (1974) In-depth exposition on outline formation
Pitman's Shorthand Instructor New Era (1920)
Course in Pitman Canadian New Era Edition (1924)
Key to Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand Canadian New Era Edition (1924)
High Speed in Pitman's Shorthand - Aiyar (1925)
Pitman New Era Edition Commercial Course (1932)
The New Era Spelling Manual Specially Arranged For Commercial and Civil Service Exams (1932)
New Standard Dictation Course (1933)
New Standard Course Revised and Enlarged (1936)
Pitman Shorthand Dictation Course (1937)
Pitman's Shorthand Rapid Course New Era (1937)
Guide To Phrasing In Pitman New Era (1938)
Pitman Advanced Dictation Course (1938)
Phonography or Writing by Sound Being Also a New and Natural System of Shorthand (1840)
A Direct Method Textbook (1942)
Correlated Dictation and Transcription (1946)
Basic Course in Pitman Shorthand New Era (1948)
Pitman Shorthand New Course New Era (1950s)
Brown's Shortcuts in Shorthand, New Era (1950)
Pitman Business Letters in 3 Volumes (1950)
700 Common Word Outlines Arranged in Alphabetical Order and Reading Passages (1950)
Medical Reporting In Pitman's New Era (1950)
Pitman Phonographic Phrase Book New Era (1950)
Lightning Cuts in Shorthand - Aiyar (1950)
Pitman's Reporter's Phrase Book - Aiyar (1950)
Pitman's Five Minute Speed Tests New Era (1951)
Pitman 100-120wpm Dictation Speeds (1952) Indian Publication
Practice in Legal Stenography (1953)
New Course in Pitman Shorthand New Era (1954)
Pitman New Era Instructor and Key (1955)
Pitman's English and Shorthand Dictionary (1957)
A Student's Review of Pitman's New Era (1960)
High-Speed Shorthand Round the World (1961)
Pitman Dictation and Transcription (1964)
Developing Shorthand Skills A Graded Program Correlated with New Basic Course (1965)
Learning and Testing Short Forms Exercises Graded According to the New Course (1966)
New Basic Course in Pitman Shorthand (1967)
Teach Yourself Pitman Shorthand (1967)
Pitman Secretarial Shorthand (1967)
700 Common-Word Reading and Dictation Exercises New Era (1968)
Pitman's Shorthand Manual New Era (1968)
A New Review of Pitman Shorthand New Era (1970)
A New Review of Pitman Shorthand Dictation Books and Key New Era (1970)
A Student's Review of Pitman Shorthand Dictation Book New Era (1970)
Teach Yourself Pitman's College Shorthand (1972)
Pitman Shorterhand Pitman 2000 (1972)
Writing And Transcription Skill Development (1973)
Pitman Shorterhand Dictionary for Students and Teachers (1976)
Pitman Supplementary Phrase Book (1977)
Pitman Shorthand Speedbuilder New Era (1987)
Medical Words and Phrases in New Era (1987)
Teach Yourself Shorthand Pitman New Era (1987)
Pitman New Era Anniversary Edition (1988)
Pitman New Era Workbook Lessons 13-20 (1988)
Pitman New Era Shorthand Spontaneous Outlines for Commonly Used Words (1989)
Pitmans Shorthand New Course (2001)
Pitmanic Shorthand A Complete Textbook On The American Pitman System (2007)

Pitman 2000

Pitman 2000 Shorthand for Today (1974)
Pitman 2000 Dictation Practice Workbook (1975)
Pitman 2000 First Dictionary (1976)
Pitman 2000 Speed Development (1976)
Pitman 2000 Skill Book (1976)
Pitman 2000 Beginners, Please! (1977)
Pitman 2000 Speedbuilder (1978)
Pitman 2000 Reporting Style (1979)
Pitman 2000 (1982)
Pitman 2000 First Dictionary (1982)
Pitman 2000 Phrase Book (1982)
Pitman 2000 First Course Graded Exercises (1982)
Pitman 2000 Speed Examination (1982)
Pitman 2000 Speedbuilder (1983)
Pitman 2000 French Conversion Course (1984)
Pitman 2000 Short Course (1986)
Pitman 2000 Teach Yourself Shorthand (1986)
Pitman 2000 Minute-by-Minute Speed Development (1988)
Pitman 2000 Spontaneous Outlines (1989)
The Pitman 2000 Dictionary Of English And Shorthand (1990)
Pitman 2000 First Course Review (1995)
Teach Yourself Shorthand Pitman 2000 (2003)

Reading Material

The Holy Bible in Pitman Shorthand
History of Shorthand - Benn Pitman
The Sign of the Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Vol 1 - New Era
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Vol 2 - New Era
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - New Era
Tales from Dickens - New Era

Miscellaneous

Pitman Shorthand System Overview
Pitman 1892 vs Pitmans New Era Shorthand by Beryl Pratt
Pitman New Era Quick Reference Chart made by
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Indian Study Material XI
Indian Study Material XII
Life and Labor of Sir Isaac Pitman by Benn Pitman
The Life of Isaac Pitman The Appendix has 6 pages describing the changes in Pitman from 1837 to 1889.
The Life of Sir Isaac Pitman Inventor of Phonography
The Want of the Age or Phonetic Shorthand Including a Brief History of the Arts of Writing and Shorthand - Isaac Pitman (1859)
A Biographical Sketch of Sir Isaac Pitman

Older Pitman Manuals 1837-1905

Stenographic Sound Hand (1837) Pitman's original publication
Phonography, or Writing by Sound Being Also a New and Natural System of Shorthand (1840) the second edition manual
The Book of Psalms (1848)
A Manual of Phonography 1849
The Reporter's Companion 1849
Fonografer (1851)
A Manual of Phonography (1855)
Pitman's Phonographic Instructor - Long (1856)
The Phonographic Teacher (1857)
The Phonographic Reader (1857)
The Want of the Age, or Phonetic Shorthand (1859)
A Manual of Phonography (1860)
Ferdinand Kilbourne Civil War Diaries in Pitman (1861-1864)
The Phonographic Reader (1864)
American Manual of Phonography - Longley (1864)
Exhibit of the State of the Phonographic Art Graham vs PItman (1864)
The Phonographic Teacher (1866)
The Shorthand Clerk - Evans (1880)
A Manual of Phonography 1880
Primary Phonography - Craddock (1882)
Burnz' Phonic Shorthand (1883)
Textbook of Light Line Shorthand - Eames (1883)
Syllabic Writing - Armitage (1884)
The Phonographic Reporter (1884)
Key to Reporting Exercises in Pitman's Phonography (1888)
A Phonographic and Pronouncing Dictionary (1889)
The Railway Phrasebook (1889)
The Reporting Style of Shorthand - Moran (1889)
The Phonographic Reporter 1890
The Phonographic Teacher (1891)
A History of Shorthand (1891)
A Compendium of Isaac Pitman's Phonography - Waring (1892)
The Shorthand Writer - Reed (1892)
Pitmanic Shorthand Instructor - Platt (1892)
French Phonography - Reed (1892)
Interlinear Shorthand - Humphrey (1893)
Complete Phonographic Instructor 1894
The Use of Shorthand by the (Medical) Practitioner with Examples - Gowers (1895)
Simplified Phonetic Shorthand (1896)
The Phonographic Reader (1897)
The Phonographic Reporter (1898)
Pitman's Shorthand Dictionary (1900)
Modern Course Without Exercises (1900)
A Complete Course in Phonography - Mason (1900)
Graham Pitmanic Shorthand 1902
The Shorthand Supplement for Writers of Isaac and Benn Pitman, Munson, Graham's and Other Systems of Phonography - Hurst (1902)
College Course of Shorthand - Stein (1903)
Miles Pitmanic Shorthand (1904)
Practical Shorthand - Case (1904)
A Manual of Pitman Phonography - Scott-Brown (1904)
Shorthand, a Complete Textbook on the American - Moran (1904)
Essentials of Phonography to Accompany the Pitman Textbook - Kennedy (1904)
Issac Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (1905)

Older Pitman Manuals 1906-1922

High Speed in Shorthand - DeBear (1906)
Simplified Pitman Phonography - Charles (1906)
Isaac Pitman's Short Course in Shorthand (1906)
Pitman's Shorthand Writing Exercises (1906)
High School Course in Isaac Pitman - Rosenblum (1907)
Key to Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (1908)
Pitmanic Shorthand - Moran (1909)
The Reporting Style of Shorthand - Moran (1909)
Key to Reporting Exercises in the Reporting Style of Pitman's Shorthand (190?)
The Sign of Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (191?)
Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (1910)
Talks with Shorthand Students - Hynes (1911)
Isaac Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (1912)
Key to Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (1912)
Cumulative Speller and Shorthand Vocabulary - Smith (1912)
Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand Canadian Edition (1913)
The World Record Shorthand Course (1913)
Pitman's Shorthand Dictionary (1913)
Pitman's Shorthand Writer's Phrase Books and Guides - Banking (1913)
Selections from American Authors in Advanced Pitman (1913)
Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (1913)
Brief Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (1914)
Shorthand & Commercial Publications (1914)
Diagram Method of the improved Pitman System - Beatty (1915)
Exercises on the Grammalogues and Contractions of Pitman - Grow (1915)
Pitman's Progressive Dictator - Hammond Beygrau Mason (1916)
Challenge Shorthand Manual - Scougale (1917)
Pitman's English and Shorthand Dictionary - Reynolds (1917)
Isaac Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (1919)
Stein Shorthand Manual (1919)
Pitman's Shorthand Weekly 1922
Standardized Reporting Shorthand (1921)
Syllabus 2nd Year - Roche Riordan (1922)

Benn Pitman

The Phonographic Manual (1856)
The Phrase Book (1861)
The Reporter's Companion (1872)
Barnes' Shorthand Manual (1889)
Analogical Syllabic Shorthand - Hemperley (1890)
The New Practical Shorthand Manual (1892)
The Manual of Phonography - Howard (1898)
Phonography for Schools and Colleges - Schoch (1900)
Shorthand Made Easy (1901)
The Reporter's Companion - Howard (1901)
Shorthand for High Schools - Barnes (1903)
Complete Shorthand Course - Taylor (1903)
Elements of Phonetic Shorthand - East (1907)
Modern Shorthand Adapted from Benn Pitman (1911)
Barnes' Brief Course (1913)
The Phonographic Amanuensis - Howard (1918)
A Brief Course - Longacre (1924)

For Indian students wishing to enter the field of stenography:

First you need to complete the Pitman book to learn the shorthand theory, which will take you around six to ten months. The length of time will depend upon your level of dedication to daily study.

Next you should concentrate on achieving speed, starting with Sir G.D Bisht’s Speedography. There are three volumes, but try to complete at least one volume thoroughly. This will take you at least 2 months. There are many youtube videos and websites that will give you dictation material to help you work on your speed. While you are working on speed, review any part of your shorthand theory that's causing some hesitation. At the end of this, you should be able to write about 60–70wpm.

Finally, if you want to go into legal sector, then there are various legal books of Sir G.D Bisht, which you should practice diligently. If you are into executive work such as SSC, or any other sector other than legal, then go with Kailash Chandra, which has about 24 volumes. Complete each volume step-by-step. If you can manage to complete 5 volumes thoroughly, then you will be writing about 80wpm in executive dictation. This again will take around four to five months.

The total time needed to be ready for your exams comes to about a year to a year and a half.

sean@stenophile.com

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