All shorthand manuals are listed by the creator's name.
English alphabetic shorthands, additional shorthand materials,
and penmanship papers are listed separately below the English abstract shorthands.
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.
Gregg shorthand for the English language has it's own separate webpage on my website.
Pitman for the English language has it's own separate webpage on my website.
Pitman Shorthand for the English language has it's own separate webpate on my website.
Taylor and variants of Taylor for the English language have their own separate webpage on my website.
Tear
Short Shorthand
One Stroke Script
Ford Improved Shorthand
Martinville
Quikscript Manual
SCAC - Simpified Cursive Alphabet for Comfort created by u/IIIIIIIIIIII
Shavian (link)
Shavian Lexicon (link)
Archive audio dictation material, links here, here, and here
Long Live Pitman's Shorthand Blog Dications many files, starting at 40wpm
Pitman Training - Shorthand Speed Development dictations from 40 to 130wpm
Let's Love Teeline Together - Audio Dictation dictations from 60 to 120wpm
Let's Love Teeline Together - Audio Dications on Soundcloud more files like the above link
Teeline Resources dictations from 30wpm
Gregg Dictation Recordings from about 40 to 100wpm - you must be a member and signed in to see the recordings
Platinum Steno dictations starting at 60wpm
Steno Chels dictations from 30 to 230wpm
Shorthand Speed dictations from 80 to 120wpm
eVirtualGuru Indian English dictations at 80 and 100wpm
Qwerty Steno A dictation engine that uses text-to-speech technology to provide you with audio dictation of any text at any speed.
Natural Reader This is another text-to-speech site where you can adjust the speed, unlimited while using the free voices.
For dictations higher than 120wpm, there are more links on the 'Steno' page, linked here.
A Systematic Speed Course For Advanced Writers - Swem
Swem Shorthand Speed Course Outline
20 Shortcuts to Shorthand Speed
Building Speed by the Pyramid Plan
Standardizing Shorthand Speed Tests
A Vowelless Shorthand Dictionary - Dimbleby (1868)
A Shorthand Dictionary - Nye (1838)
History of Shorthand - Anderson
The History of Shorthand Writing - Levy
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Shorthand - Lewis
A History of Shorthand - Pitman
Shorthand Its History and Its Prospects
Brief History of the Art of Stenography - Upham
He also presents his own system in the book.
To the Origins of Greek Stenography A study of the Montserrat Codex Miscellaneus
Proceedings of the New York State Stenographers' Asociation 1889
New Approaches to Shorthand - Studies of a Writing Technology
Shorthand Past and Present - Christie (1885) He presents a history of shorthand in the first half of the book, and then offers a Pitman variation in the second half.
Shorthand Instruction and Practice - Rockwell (1893)
Shorthand Systems Analyzed - Gregg, Pitman, Paragon, Boyd Syllabic Proceedings of the New York State Shorthand Reporters' Association (1918)
Ten Second Facility Tests - Dewey Supplement to the Proceedings listed above
Shorthand Systems By Various English Authors and Their Respective Merits
Which System of Shorthand Should We Learn? Discusses systems like Sloan-Duployan, Pernin, New Rapid, Gregg, Cross Eclectic, Pitman, Graham, and Munson.
Exhibit of the State of the Phonographic Art Graham vs PItman (1864)
Thomas Anderson Shorthand Samples of Gurney, Taylor, Peachey, Janes, Sleep, Guest, Pocknell Compared
Thomas Anderson Shorthand Samples Key
Frank Rutherford on Pitman and Gregg
Taylor Pitman, Pocknell, Gregg, Abbott 15 Comparison
17th Century Shorthands Compared
Shorthand in Journalism - A Dying Art?
I Never Will Need Shorthand - Sylvia Plath and Speedwriting
Training for the Ministry - Shorthand and the Colonial New England Manuscript
How the Shorthand Was Introduced Among the Indians
Secret Writing and the Popish Plot - Deciphering the Shorthand of Sir George Treby
Notehead Shorthand: A Rhythmic Shorthand Method for Melodic Dictation Exercises
Recognition of Teeline Shorthand Using Deep Learning
A Shorthand Reporter at 90 and Still Fast An interview with Mr. Dupraw, Gregg court reporter (link)
Who uses shorthand in the digital age? Many, it would appear (link)
Shorthand Today by Frances Tew on the Dickens Code website, advice for those learning alone
How We Teach Shorthand Today by Frances Tew on the Dickens Code website, advice for those learning alone
Shorthand: a Key to New Historical Evidence
A talk on deciphering old texts from writers of the 17th and 18th centuries that are written in shorthands like Mason and Shelton.
The Student's Shorthand Vocabulary This book is a long list of words with a blank space next to each one so the student can write their own shorthand outline next to it.
Most Frequent 500 Another printout with a blank space where you can write out the outline for your own shorthand method.
Shorthand Terminology Glossary
The Methods of Teaching Shorthand
The Carlton Collection Catalogue of Shorthand Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
The Importance of Shorthand - Industry Consultation
Stenographic Civil Service Tests
The Teaching, Practice, and Literature of Shorthand
Chronological List of British Shorthand Systems
The Bibliography of Shorthand - Westby-Gibson
Complete Phrase Codes for Telegram
Print Your Own Shorthand Notepad
Shorthand Pad Pages
Grey Dot Paper
Grey Dot Practice Sheet
5mm Graph Paper
1/4" Graph Paper
Notebook Paper
3/8" Ruled
3 Lined Worksheet
Court Reporter Pad
Court Reporter Pad Example
Papers Especially for German Systems
Stenograph Paper for Melin
Lined Shorthand Paper
2mm Light Lines
2mm Dark Lines
3mm Light Lines
3mm Dark Lines
4mm Light Lines
4mm Dark Lines
4mm Slanted Light Lines
4mm Slanted Dark Lines
Awad عبدالرزاق عوض
Awad Stenography اختزال عوض
Boustani سليمان البستاني
Shorthand, or Stenography This website has clearer images of the basic characters. يحتوي هذا الموقع على صور أوضح للحروف الأساسية.
(by committee من قبل اللجنة)
The Al-Farahidi Method الاختزال باللغة العربية طريقة الفراهيدي You can view a reddit post on this shorthand at this link. منشور ريدت عن هذا النظام. There is also this article by an author of the system that discusses the history of the method. مقال لأحد مؤلفي الطريقة.
Hanna / Reas شفيق حنا، د. هربرت د. ريس
Hannareas هناريس a Gregg adaptation
Salim / Pitman سالم-بتمان
Stenography by the Salim-Pitman Method - Bakur سامر يحيى بكور - الاختزال علم وفن وفق طريقة سالم-بتمان
Wakid فؤاد واكد
Wakid Shorthand اختزال واكد
Arabic Shorthand A Comparison between the Aryan and Wakid Methods اختزال الكتابة العربية: شرح طريقة عريان القديمة ومقارنتها بطريقة واكد الحديثة
以下部分按年份排列
This section is organized by year.
Pont
Leerboek A voor Stenografie
Leerboek B voor Stenografie
Stenografie in het Leger
Stenografie-Pont Duitsch
Животовекаго
Русской Стенографiй
Србска Стенографија - Миловука
Украïнська Стенографiя - Панейко
If there is anything missing here that you think I should make available, or if you have anything you can contribute to the collection, please let me know about it.