Shorthand RIP

While admiring Eva’s WWII medals earlier this week I came across this icon from another era. Eva could take shorthand at over 100 words per minute. Now the art is almost lost and reading about it makes your head spin.

“The outlines are given in vocalized shorthand, except logograms and contractions,”And finally a page from the book itself.

Now we just talk to Siri or Alexa and they transcribe it no muss no fuss. Life is good and getting better.

 


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