Who needs shorthand?

The ability to make quick notes is a valuable skill in

•Business

•The Professions

•Learning and Education

Introducing

T-script The Tabor script shorthand method

User oriented

1. Professional level for frequent users.

2. Alpha-level for occasional users.

T-Script is designed to meet different note-taking needs.

It can be written at two levels;

Professional level

Alpha script level

One integrated system with

A common core of rules

A single integrated system

Professional level

Uses alphabet of simplified longhand letters

Alpha script level

Uses familiar longhand letters

The special features of the two levels are,

Shorthand – simple and fast!

This method is based on a familiar script approach,

Easy and quick to apply .

A small set of consistent abbreviation rules,

Less to learn and remember.

Few rules – quicker to recall – fast to write.

Ancient Chinese Proverb

For centuries it has been recognized that making notes aids understanding.

“Tell me, I forget,

Show me, I remember,

Involve me, I understand.”

Simply Fast

Easy to learn for student note-taking and

Making quick notes at meetings

but also

High speeds for professional reporters

T-Script is a simple and versatile shorthand method

Progress to ‘Professional’

Alpha-level students can move simply and quickly to the Professional level of the system if their career needs change.

careers in business & journalism

no new theory to be learned

short speed building period

T-Script

T-Script is an integrated multi-level method of shorthand which opens up new horizons for professional and general note-taking.

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Comparisons with Teeline

How does T-Script compare with Teeline?

T-Script word outlines are written the way they sound.

(Teeline abbreviates words the way they are spelled.)

T-Script is faster to write than Teeline.

Frequent words

• The most frequently occurring words are given special abbreviations.

• Fewer needed in T-Script than other systems.

T-Script

Teeline

the and but for before that

T-Script

Teeline

not thank nothing who why

Frequent Phrases

T-Script

Teeline

better than about that less than rather than

T-Script

Teeline

in the and the of the that the it is not

T-Script

Teeline

to do it will be have you I will to be

Comparative sentences (1) T-Script can be written more briefly than Teeline. (number of pen movements compared.)

“Is what he said before the whole truth or is he likely to change everything again.”

“Your mother told me that her baby girl is the most valuable thing in her life.”

T-Script

(27)

Teeline

(42)

T-Script

(27)

Teeline

(46)

Comparative sentences (2)“The official view of the matter is that the stock-market is gradually moving towards an improved position.”

“I will telephone you as soon as I know the result of the contest.”

T-Script

(43)

Teeline

(54)

T-Script

(20)

Teeline

(29)

The T-Script approach

• Alphabet of simplified script letters

• Words abbreviated according to their sound

• Multi-level to meet different user needs

Compared with other shorthand systems:

Fewer rules

Easier and quicker to learn

Faster to write

Comparisons (Alpha & Professional levels)

“Will you come with me to see my mother”?

Alpha

Professional

“Can he give me all the necessary information that I need”?

Alpha

Professional

Core letters

The Core letters are a special feature of the method;

D, T and N

are always written in their simplified forms

Comparisons (Alpha & Professional levels)

“I hope that the stock-market position will improve soon”.

Alpha

Professional

“I believe he said that he would arrive before noon ”.

Alpha

Professional

T-Script

An integrated multi-level method of shorthand which opens up new horizons for professional and general note-taking.

Simpler than the geometric systems

Simpler and faster to write than Teeline

The T-Script era

Introduces a new method of note-taking for Professional shorthand writers, and

Occasional note-takers at meetings or classes.

Whatever your needs, you will find

The T-Script method of shorthand note-taking is

Simply Fast!