[vxNsr]

I got so excited when he said that it really was possible to write at 100 words a minute but then he said that it's nearly impossible to actually learn Gregg, I wonder if there's a website somewhere....

About the Livescribe: it's an okay pen but difficult to hold. and somewhat awkward because of the camera at the tip, but it could depend on the way you hold pens.

[6d0debc071]

The old manuals are on archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/1916GreggShorthandManual-5thVers...

[shadowfox]

Just want to add that there are other shorthands which are pretty solid (and more easily available). For example, Pitmans: http://www.long-live-pitmans-shorthand.org.uk/

[danohuiginn]

I'd advise against Pitmans, unless you plan to take it very seriously. Pitmans is one of the more complicated forms of shorthand, and relies on differentiating between hard and gentle lines.

I found Teeline, for instance, much easier to get going with.

[coldpie]

I think it's only useful to learn if you actually do a lot of writing, especially in time-sensitive situations like dictation or interviews. If it's just something you're interested in as a novelty, but you don't actually do more handwriting than a few notes during meetings at work, you're probably not going to get enough practice to have any success.