1. Who needs shorthand?
The ability to make quick notes is a valuable skill in
Business
The Professions
Learning and Education

2. T-script The Tabor script shorthand method
Introducing
T-script
The Tabor script shorthand method

3. User oriented
T-Script is designed to meet different note-taking needs.
It can be written at two levels;
1. Professional level for frequent users.
2. Alpha-level for occasional users.

4. A single integrated system
Professional level
Alpha script level
One integrated system with
A common core of rules

5. The special features of the two levels are,
Professional level
Uses alphabet of simplified longhand letters
Alpha script level
Uses familiar longhand letters

6. 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.

7. 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.”

8. Simply Fast T-Script is a simple and versatile shorthand method
 Easy to learn for student note-taking and
 Making quick notes at meetings
but also
 High speeds for professional reporters

9. 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

10. 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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12. 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.

13. 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

14. Frequent Phrases better than about that less than rather than
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

15. 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.”
T-Script
(27)
Teeline
(42)
“Your mother told me that her baby girl is the most valuable thing in her life.”
T-Script
(27)
Teeline
(46)

16. Comparative sentences (2)
“The official view of the matter is that the stock-market is gradually moving towards an improved position.”
T-Script
(43)
Teeline
(54)
“I will telephone you as soon as I know the result of the contest.”
T-Script
(20)
Teeline
(29)

17. The T-Script approach Compared with other shorthand systems:
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

18. 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

19. Core letters The Core letters are a special feature of the method;
D, T and N
are always written in their simplified forms

20. 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

21. T-Script
Simpler than the geometric systems
Simpler and faster to write than Teeline
An integrated multi-level method of shorthand which opens up new horizons for professional and general note-taking.

22. 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!