tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315913011898679263.post1112786870845855566..comments2024-02-11T00:23:11.007-08:00Comments on BLOGGINCURLY: Reading and WritingOscar Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315913011898679263.post-24118182521904405482011-05-05T14:22:14.878-07:002011-05-05T14:22:14.878-07:00Ron, I think the "speed-writing" system ...Ron, I think the "speed-writing" system was used after Gregg as an improvement to Gregg, supposedly being easier and faster than shorthand. I think the courts, at least some, required the speed-writing system by reporters and on their machines for court reporting. Knowing how to type has been a blessing in my later years.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315913011898679263.post-86016633474925717092011-05-05T12:20:59.386-07:002011-05-05T12:20:59.386-07:00We must have been born under the same sign. Sounds...We must have been born under the same sign. Sounds like the Evelyn Woods speed-reading system, which I tried and never got the hang off. Today I'm pretty good at skimming material (self-taught), but it doesn't require the use of fingers.<br /><br />In high school, I picked up some "speed-writing" techniques which used abbreviations instead of the Gregg system. Great for taking notes in college. I still use them. "Reading" and "writing," for example, becomes rdg and wrtg. Yet for all the time in my life I've spent at a keyboard, surely the most useful skill acquired back then was touch typing.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.com