A Recent History of Writing And Drawing

A. Symbol systems such as Gregg, Pitman, Thomas Natural, Century 21, and Eclectic Shorthand, where sounds are generally represented by strokes which are kept as brief as possible, making them faster to write than longhand,

B. Alphabetic systems such as Speedwriting, Stenoscript, Forkner, and AlphaHand, where sounds are represented by letters of the alphabet as well as a few symbols,

C. Hybrid systems, such as Teeline. While Teeline is based on alphabetic characters, it appears to be much more like a symbol system since so little of each letter is written. The Teeline system is popular in Great Britan but virtually unheard of here in the United States, and

D. Machine systems which require a typewriter or a stenography machine to be written. Today, computers can take machine input and transcribe it with amazing accuracy.