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==Writing==
Stenoscript is written using traditional longhand [[cursive]] characters with a few variations and special symbols. Lower-case letters are used for phonetically spelling words. Upper-case letters have special meanings, for example ''F'' represents the suffix "-ful" or "-fully" and ''S'' represents the letter-pair '''st'''. Unless they are silent, vowels are written when they occur at the beginning or end of a word, but vowels within words are omitted: "bank" becomes ''bq.'' (The letter q represents the -nk sound.) Instead of writing -ed or -d at the end of a word, Stenoscript indicates the past tense of a verb by underlining the final letter of the stem.<ref name=ABC>M. Avencena, Stenoscript ABC Shorthand, 1967 revised edition.</ref>
The author claimed that a student of his system could "attain a speed of 80 words a minute with comparatively little effort" and that speeds of 100 to 120 words per minute could be reached after intensive study and drilling.
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