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Teeline is a
shorthand system accepted by the
NCTJ, an organisation for journalists in the
United Kingdom. It is adaptable to a variety of languages
but is mainly only used within the
Commonwealth.
It was developed in
1970
by
James Hill, a teacher of
Pitman Shorthand, as a streamlined way to transcribe the
spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words
and making the letters themselves faster to write. Vowels are
often removed when they are not the first or last letter of a
word, and
silent letters are also ignored. Common prefixes, suffixes,
and word parings (such as "sh" and "ing") are reduced to single
symbol.
The symbols themselves are derived from the old cursive forms
of the letter and the unneccesary parts are again stripped
leaving only the core of the letter left.
It differs from many shorthand systems by basing itself on
the alphabet as opposed to phonetics, making it more simple to
learn but also carrying the speed limitations of the alphabet
when compared to other systems. Still, speeds above 140
words-per-minute are not uncommon.
References
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Bowers, Meriel; Jean Clarkson, Stephanie Hall, Celia
Osborne, Ulli Parkinson (1991). Teeline Gold (The Course
Book), 1, Oxford: Heinemann Educational.
ISBN 0-435-45353-X.
External links
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Goldsmiths College
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Course
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Teeline Example
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Teeline audio dictation and shorthand samples
Categories:
Writing system stubs |
Shorthand systems
