Re: Technological obselesence or when did short hand disappear?

John Kane wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:21 pm, Irwell <h...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:41:08 +0200 (CEST), Barbara Bailey wrote:
R H Draney <dadoc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:g6vcdc02l30@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

John Kane filted:

To slide into something of an AUE topic, does anyone know when and
why the teaching of shorthand died out in North America/UK/
Australasia?

I know it was being taught when I was in school in the late 1960s
and I wish I'd taken it, but it seems to have completely
disappeared by the 1990s

In 1974-75, I took a class on the use of the slide rule...haven't
actually checked, but I'd bet it's not being offered now....r

Shorthand faded as Dictophone and other sound-recording technology
became cheaper, simpler to operate, and easier for a small office
to have.

I learned Gregg shorthand in 1972, but by 1977 was not using it
anymore; I had a small tape recorder that was more accurate at
capturing exactly what was said than my shorthand had ever been.

I did a shorthand/typing course in the army, 1944, used the typing
but lost the shorthand through atrophy. Typing is like riding a bike,
a skill once learned, never forgotten

Classic psychomotor skill. It's like piano, which one can play at a
high standard into old age (baring arthritis, etc).

One could continue either barring arthritis or bearing it (with fortitude).


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