What is shorthand

Shorthand is speed writing with special characters. Knowing the shorthand signs and the rules of their spelling, you can write 80-100 words per minute, that is, write with the speed of colloquial speech. Who needs shorthand? Students need to study at the institute to record lectures word for word. Students for lecture notes. It is necessary for teachers, journalists, lawyers who write a lot, entrepreneurs to write secretly information about their work, economic indicators. Knowledge of shorthand will facilitate study and work, save time, increase labor productivity.

Instruction manual

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Start learning shorthand from the alphabet. This will take 3-5 days. Then study the spelling of the vowels. And you will already master the shorthand by 50% and will write 2-3 times faster than write now. This will take 2 weeks.

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Next, you will study fused characters, signs for prefixes, word roots, for word endings. After studying them, the writing speed will increase by 3-5 times.

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When you learn the rules for reducing words and phrases, the rules for writing aphorisms, proverbs and sayings, your writing speed will reach 80-100 words per minute. Is it difficult to study shorthand? No, very easy. Compare yourself. The rules for road traffic on Russian roads contain almost 300 signs. We study these rules in courses in 30-40 days. Successfully pass the exams and get a driver’s license. Shorthand contains only 70 characters. So shorthand is 4 times easier to study than the rules of the road.

note

Pay attention to the spelling of shorthand signs. Accurate writing out loops and ovals. At the beginning of studies, write very slowly, more slowly than with regular writing. The speed will develop during the study and will reach its maximum by the end of the study.

Useful advice

To study shorthand, it will take 3-4 months. With the condition that you need to do for 1 hour every day. Fulfill all the requirements of the textbook exercises