Russian Braille - does have Grade II (or Russian shorthand?)

[Udut, Kenneth]

Hello SEELANGers!

Another two questions for the experts out there:

Question 1: In Russian Braille, is there a "Grade II"?

[In English Braille, there is a Grade I, which
codes each letter with a separate braille symbol,
but there is also a more commonly used Grade II,
which is a shorthand like so:

the braille for 'b' is understood as "but",
c=can
d=do
e=every

etc.

Also, beginnings and endings of certain words are given
a shorthand: +G = -ong, +N = -tion, the word 'forget'
can be crunched (for)get, using the shortening for "for"...)



Question 2:
Is there a Russian secretarial shorthand system,
either similar to Gregg's shorthand, or even better,
similar to Russian, but with many contractions and/or
symbols to represent common words/sounds?



Thanks!

-Kenneth


--
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing
at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the
tempting moment.   -author unknown
[Kenneth Udut   kenneth.udut at spcorp.com  simplify3 at juno.com]

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