Unique Shorthand Academy

Stenography is a fast writing method that uses symbols and signs. This method is called “Shorthand”. This method is used by reporters and stenographers to write a speech at high speed and then it is transcribed and typed in the same language. Shorthand or stenography is not a language but a script only. Pitman shorthand is prevalent in English stenography.

Modern symbol systems
Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–97), an educator who advocated spelling reform, was knighted by Queen Victoria for his contributions to shorthand. Pitman had learned Taylor’s method of shorthand but saw its weakness and designed his own system to incorporate writing by sound, the same principle he advocated in phonetic longhand spelling. He published his system in 1837, calling it Stenographic Sound-Hand. It consisted of 25 single consonants, 24 double consonants, and 16 vowel sounds. Similar, related sounds were represented by similar signs, shading was used to eliminate strokes, the shortest signs were used to represent the shortest sounds, and single strokes were used to represent single consonants. At first, the principle of positioning to express omitted vowels—i.e., writing the word above, on, or below the line of writing—was reserved until later lessons, after the theory had been presented. Later, positioning was introduced with the first lesson.

There are two important books for learning shorthand
No. 1 Pitman Shorthand New Course and Keys
No. 2 Seven Hundred Common Words

Category: Geography & Travel
Also called: stenography
Key People:sir Isaac Pitman Peter Bales John Byrom
Related Topics: Pitman shorthand Gregg shorthand Speedwriting

Anderson listed the essentials of a good shorthand system, stating that no method then in use possessed them: independent characters for the vowels and consonants, all characters written with the same thickness, all characters written on a single line of writing, and few and consistent abbreviation principles.

Hi. My name is Ahsan younas. I teach student Shorthand speed