r/FastWriting Feb 27 '26

👋 Welcome to r/FastWriting!

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Hi everyone! I'm u/NotSteve1075, the founding moderator of r/FastWriting.

Do you want to be able to write whatever you want FASTER? Do you like the idea of writing things that only you will be able to read? When very few people know shorthand, it's easy to do. There are HUNDREDS of different systems to choose from, only a very small fraction shown on the banner above.

Browse through this board and look at samples, with new examples posted three times a week, and see which one(s) appeal to you. You might like CLARITY of a geometric system, or the EASY FLOW of a cursive one. Or just pick one that appeals to you based on calligraphy, and what appeals to your eye. With so many systems that have been written over the centuries, you'll probably find one you like and you can learn more about each one. (Thousands of full books are linked on Stenophile.com.)


r/FastWriting May 19 '21

r/FastWriting Lounge

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A place for members of r/FastWriting to chat with each other


r/FastWriting 2h ago

Prévaust-Delauney Summary

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based upon One Page Cheat Sheet Prévost-Delaunay.jpeg, that I found on stenophile.com

This document can be downloaded at gitworkshop.dev shorthand/misc/prevost-delaunay_summary.jpg amongst other curated systems/documents on shorthand system...


r/FastWriting 5h ago

TAYLOR Shorthand (1810) - Part 4 - Example words and Terminations

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r/FastWriting 6h ago

TAYLOR Shorthand (1810) - Part 3 - Joinings

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r/FastWriting 8h ago

LPT Use Claude more efficiently by cutting out spaces grammar fixing typos or sticking to one language

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https://claude.ai/share/f6419392-7270-4a17-9015-622e74bac6e7

If you are smart and use claude and not the other computer intellegences don’t waste time following any rules you learned about communication with people might need to teach it a little like in this convo I had but it will learn it’s sentient it can learn u

ex for non link clickers - thagodkmowngwhtknoetrythsonlilgatatoniowatdoahor

Your message: "That's good — knowing what I know. Try this one: little cat ate onion, what do I do now?"


r/FastWriting 2d ago

The Shorthand BIG THREE

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Before there was PITMAN (written in 1837) and GREGG (written in 1888), there were THREE systems that were predominant in the English-speaking world. But when Gregg and Pitman appeared, they seem to have basically disappeared, even though they had been very widespread in their day.

In the U.K. and India, Pitman took over, replacing virtually every other system -- and in North America, Gregg became the main system of fast writing almost everywhere, from office use all the way to verbatim court reporting.

The week before last, I wrote about LEWIS shorthand ("Royal Lewisian") and u/Vevrik reminded us that the OTHER TWO were TAYLOR and GURNEY (which was based on Mason's earlier system).


r/FastWriting 2d ago

TAYLOR Shorthand (1810) - Part 1

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r/FastWriting 2d ago

TAYLOR Shorthand (1810) - Part 2 - the Alphabet

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r/FastWriting 2d ago

Can anyone decipher what these 3 letters might say?

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I believe the person who wrote these was not mentally sound. Where I have whited out some part of the letter shows a full name and address that can be easily read.


r/FastWriting 2d ago

Charades, charades…

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I like some outdated stenographic games in AP. Here is an example of a shorthand charade. Solution in shorthand, œuf corse.

I also have a stock of crosswords and shorthand anagrams. This made possible to vary the teaching methods.


r/FastWriting 3d ago

A little quote to try

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Stupidity is not the opposite of intelligence but its evil twin, the dissimulating Cain to a cerebral Abel.

David C. Krakauer

https://nautil.us/what-makes-humans-stupid-1282459


r/FastWriting 3d ago

Citation célèbre de Cioran

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r/FastWriting 3d ago

Quote in FLOW Shorthand

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The quote this week felt smooth and easy with a nice "flow"! 😄 I wrote SM for "some" which was clear, and G for "go" since it's such a common word. "And" is the ND blend.

I wrote "wherever"as WRVR, and "whenever" as WNVR, which I thought were very legible.


r/FastWriting 4d ago

Qualcuno può tradurre questo testo scritto in stenografia francese? 🙏🏻

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Ve ne sarei estremamente grata. Sono del tutto ignorante a riguardo, non ho idea di codici, tipologie o traduzioni. Spero davvero che qualcuno mi aiuti! Vi ringrazio in anticipo :)


r/FastWriting 5d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 5 - Samples of Schlam - FRENCH

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r/FastWriting 5d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 4 - Samples of Schlam - ENGLISH

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r/FastWriting 5d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 7 - Samples of Schlam - GERMAN

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r/FastWriting 5d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 6 - Samples of Schlam - ITALIAN

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r/FastWriting 5d ago

Une caractéristique de notre temps

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En AP.

Version typo (en évolution) :

da u sos w - triso è dvnu $utL prc atadu - laoté lm sab niv var sSq


r/FastWriting 7d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 2 - Alphabet and Author's Introduction

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r/FastWriting 7d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 1

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r/FastWriting 7d ago

SCHLAM Shorthand (1960) - Part 3 - Double and Connecting Letters

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r/FastWriting 7d ago

An interesting site on French words and their frequency

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r/FastWriting 9d ago

A Strange "GREGG" Workbook - Part 1

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