>but nothing matches the fastness of cursive for writing down rapid thoughts Shorthand is much, much faster. If speed of transcription is your priority, you s

>but nothing matches the fastness of cursive for writing down rapid thoughts Shorthand is much, much faster. If speed of transcription is your priority, you should learn stenography. Cursive is an in-between, harder to read than standard writing but slower than stenography. It can take months to learn but if speed is your priority it is worth it, especially if you don't need it to be readable by anyone else. Intermediate practitioners can easily reach 250 wpm which is much faster than typical English speech. Skilled practitioners can easily exceed 300 wpm.