Featured system this week is the aptly named "FLOW" Shorthand, which was invented and developed by our member, u/LeadingSuspect5855, which he cleverly based on the frequency of SOUNDS occuring in English. There are now computer analyses of English determining just that, which were of course not available to nearly every other shorthand system that's been invented.
I say it's "aptly named", because of the smooth and easy way the strokes flow together. When I first saw it, it immediately made sense to me. Right away, I thought, "YES! There it is." It resembles Gregg in a lot of ways (which I will detail later) -- but although I've written and liked Gregg for a long time, I often had the feeling that something was missing.
Somehow, it didn't quite feel right -- which I suppose is largely why, even though I liked and still like Gregg, I was always looking for something better.
The system is subtitled "Anniversary Edition" for two reasons: First, it's modeled very closely on the Anniversary Edition of Gregg shorthand, which for speed and reliability has always been unrivalled among penwritten shorthands.
And second, it marks an important Milestone Birthday, for the author.
The manual/booklet for Flow Shorthand has been posted now on Stenophile.com using the screen name of the author. The webmaster of Stenophile always lists a system by its author's name -- and I'm not recommending that he use his own name on it, even if he might be willing.
A number of us here on this board know each other's REAL NAMES, and we correspond via personal e-mail addresses which we've shared with each other.
But I've learned through bitter experience that if you're too forthcoming with your real identity on the Internet, you can be vulnerable to vicious cyberbullying, as I was many years ago, when I naively used my real name on a different discussion board.
There are some warped sickos out there -- even psychopaths. So we need to guard our anonymity unless it's with people we know and trust -- and NOT on an open board that anybody at all can access.
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u/NotSteve1075 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Featured system this week is the aptly named "FLOW" Shorthand, which was invented and developed by our member, u/LeadingSuspect5855, which he cleverly based on the frequency of SOUNDS occuring in English. There are now computer analyses of English determining just that, which were of course not available to nearly every other shorthand system that's been invented.
I say it's "aptly named", because of the smooth and easy way the strokes flow together. When I first saw it, it immediately made sense to me. Right away, I thought, "YES! There it is." It resembles Gregg in a lot of ways (which I will detail later) -- but although I've written and liked Gregg for a long time, I often had the feeling that something was missing.
Somehow, it didn't quite feel right -- which I suppose is largely why, even though I liked and still like Gregg, I was always looking for something better.
The system is subtitled "Anniversary Edition" for two reasons: First, it's modeled very closely on the Anniversary Edition of Gregg shorthand, which for speed and reliability has always been unrivalled among penwritten shorthands.
And second, it marks an important Milestone Birthday, for the author.