{"product_id":"9781893726116","title":"Miniscript Shorthand","description":"Existing shorthand systems (Gregg, Pitman, Teeline) provide non-alphabetical symbols or outlines to increase the writing speed. A number of writing strokes is significantly reduced and a high speed can be attained. However, a great deal of time must be spent on memorization and retention is difficult if you decide to use Gregg, Pitman, Teeline and similar symbol-based methods. \u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, speedwriting methods use alphabet letters and are easier to learn. But they require two or three strokes to write a standard letter and can not match a writing speed attainable by non-alphabetical shorthand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe MiniScript system is non-alphabetical version of the EasyScript method and designed to simplify learning and provide a high writing speed comparable to symbol-based shorthand and. EasyScript was introduced in 1990 and has become a viable alternative in the United States and worldwide for those who prefer to utilize alphabet-based speedwriting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiniScript employs: a) a proven and popular EasyScript alphabet-based abbreviation methodology that reduces considerably the memorization volume by using a small set of abbreviating rules and b) writing abbreviations with special symbols to attain writing speeds comparable to non-alphabetical shorthand. Applying MiniScript you will need to remember only a list of 9 special symbols representing English alphabet. Symbols from conventional PC keyboard such as period (.), slash (\/), comma (,) are used and require little or no training.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasyScript book is not required to study MiniScript. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA demo of EasyScript is available at our website easyscript.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legend Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039334088944,"sku":"9781893726116","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781893726116_p0.jpg?v=1763610297","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781893726116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}