Phonetic shorthand (Pitman)
Estenografía fonética (sistema Pitman)
- Date
- 1837 · confidence high
- Place
- Bath, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Isaac Pitman
- People
- 👤 Isaac Pitman1813–1897
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A shorthand system based on sounds rather than spelling, with strokes whose thickness distinguished consonants. It allowed speeches, trials and dictation to be transcribed at the speed of speech.
Published as 'Stenographic Sound-Hand' in 1837; Pitman also promoted phonetic spelling reform and postal lending libraries.
What it led to
- Verbatim parliamentary and court records (Hansard)
- Reportage journalism and interviews
- The profession of shorthand writer and secretarial work
- The Gregg system (1888) and competition between methods
Built on
- Taylor's shorthand (1786) and Gurney's shorthand
- Tironian notes
Made possible
- Office dictation
- Modern reporting (journalism)