Aimed at people who need to pick up shorthand skills in the shortest possible time, this great new Pitman Training (course 1 and course 2) will teach you shorthand theory in just 35 hours, enabling you to write up to a speed of 40 wpm.

The course is similar to the Teeline Fast textbook, except it teaches Pitman’s shorthand version.

There are many exercises for students to do and ample dictation practice available.

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Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (Kessinger Publishing’s Rare Reprints) $16.14 This work presents the Universal System of shorthand. Each principle is simply stated and profusely illustrated. When such explanation is desirable, the cautions to be observed in the use of that principle are explained. Exercises are introduced in each lesson at every point that requires application drill. These exercises consist of word lists, groups of sentences and brief business letters, all …

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The theory pages provide a compact and detailed reference source and are designed to give more information than the average course book provides. Their best use is for review and revision, after your basic instruction is completed. I would encourage complete beginners, who have no prior knowledge of Pitman’s Shorthand, to concentrate their primary efforts on the more simplified information in their instruction book.

If you are interested in pre-New Era versions of Pitman’s Shorthand, I suggest you learn New Era thoroughly, and do your dabbling afterwards, as rules have been revised over time, especially the placement of vowels and positions of outlines, rather major things to get confused over if you are still learning.

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This easy-to-follow shorthand secretory course has been specifically compiled at Pitmans College to make self-tuition both simple and stimulating. The rules of shorthand, along with exercises, facility drills and diction tests, are comprehensively covered over the 25 lessons.

Pitman shorthand I want to learn?

DIY I took a course pitman and got pretty far, but I want to go to classroom where they teach. I live in Kent and my local university only teaches Teeline. I do not want to lose what I have already learned in Pitman. Help?

See the three videos below that explain the Pitman Shorthand system

Pitman Shorthand, part 1 of 3

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THE MANUAL OF PHONOGRAPHY By Pitman & Howard (1915) Shorthand $14.95

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Get Started in Shorthand: Pitman 2000 (Teach Yourself) $14.15 Indispensable to anyone seeking a first or refresher course, this guide based on original Pitman Publishing material is designed to provide a working vocabulary in easy stages and includes 2 audio practice CDs Shorthand is a valuable asset to everyone in private or business life and Pitman 2000 is a system designed for easy learning, with a speed potential to meet the demands of a modern fast-mov…

Shorthand, Pitman’s: New Era (Teach Yourself) This easy-to-follow shorthand course has been specifically compiled at Pitmans College to make self-tuition both simple and stimulating. The rules of shorthand, along with exercises, facility drills and diction tests, are comprehensively covered over the 25 lessons….

Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand (Kessinger Publishing’s Rare Reprints) $16.14 This work presents the Universal System of shorthand. Each principle is simply stated and profusely illustrated. When such explanation is desirable, the cautions to be observed in the use of that principle are explained. Exercises are introduced in each lesson at every point that requires application drill. These exercises consist of word lists, groups of sentences and brief business letters, all …

Sir Isaac Pitman (January 4, 1813 – January 12, 1897), knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. Pitman was a qualified teacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge.

In 1837 Isaac Pitman first published his system of phonetic shorthand, in a pamphlet entitled Stenographic Sound-Hand. Among the examples in this pamphlet, were the Psalm 100, the Lord’s Prayer, and Swedenborg’s Rules of Life. In about 1837 Pitman discontinued the use of all alcoholic beverages, and in about 1838 he became a vegetarian – both lifelong practices to which, in a famous letter to The Times (London), he attributed he lifelong excellent health and his ability to work long hours. Pitman founded Pitman Training, a company which he established as colleges to provide training in office skills. The early courses were only for men. There are now 100 centres across the UK, Ireland and internationally offering 125 courses.

Pitman Shorthand
Pitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language that uses a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written as they are spoken. As of 1996, Pitman shorthand was the most popular shorthand system used in the United Kingdom and the second most popular in the United States.

One characteristic feature of Pitman shorthand is that [voiced] sounds (such as /p/ and /b/ or /t/ and /d/) are represented by strokes that differ only in thickness (the thin stroke representing ‘light’ sounds such as p and t; the thick stroke representing ‘heavy’ sounds such as b and d).

Another distinguishing feature is that there is more than one way of indicating vowels. The main vowel of a word or phrase is indicated by the position of the stroke with respect to the ruled lines of the notebook. (For example, a small circle drawn above the ruled line translates to as/has; the same circle drawn on the line translates to is/his). But the marks for as/has and is/his are like irregular verbs: they are an exception to the rule. The predominant way of indicating vowels is to use dots or small dashes drawn close to the stroke of the preceding consonant. Each vowel, whether indicated by a dot for a short vowel, or by a dash or a longer, more drawn-out vowel, has its own position relative to its adjacent stroke (beginning, middle, or end).

There are at least three “dialects” of Pitman’s shorthand: the original Pitman’s, Pitman’s New Era, and Pitman’s 2000. The later versions dropped certain symbols and introduced other simplifications to earlier versions. For example, strokes “rer” (heavy curved downstroke) and “kway”, (hooked horizontal straight stroke) are present in Pitman’s New Era, but not in Pitman’s 2000.

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Pitman’s shorthand writing exercises and examination tests; a series of graduated exercises on every rule in the system and adapted for use by the private student or in public classes Pitman’s shorthand writing exercises and examination tests; a series of graduated exercises on every rule in the system and adapted for use by the private student or in public classes. 290 Pages….

Pitman’s Pocket Shorthand Dictionary New Era Edition Complete pocket-sized dictionary of Pitman shorthand words and grammalogues…

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THE MANUAL OF PHONOGRAPHY By Pitman & Howard (1915) Shorthand $14.95

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Shorthand Pocket Dictionary, Isaac Pitman; Eight Thousand Words and Phrases $23.18

Shorthand for High Schools. American-Pitman Phonography $24.00

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