I would think that if I had an urgent, important need for a device that had certain capabilities, I would use my resources to acquire a device that would meet that need rather than acquiring a device and hoping that it would meet that need at some time in the future.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VIRGIE UNDERWOOD Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:35 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? Hi, We have become self employed and right now the funds are just not available. Virgie and Hoshi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? > Dear Virgie, > > I'm surprised your employer doesn't provide you with a PC, especially if > sighted people have them. > > Why not take your PC to work or work from your home? > > Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, > California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? > > > : Hi Andy, > : I do have a computer at home but not at work. I need to enter the > : information daily and there is quite a lot of it to be entered. I would > : like not to have to do my work twice, meaning once at work and then > again > : have to enter it into the computer. > : Before you tell me to buy a laptop the funds are not available to do > that. > : Virgie and Hoshi > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > : Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:36 PM > : Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? > : > : > : Virgie, > : > : Are you saying that you do not have access to a PC? If you are in > : business, I have a hard time believing that. > : > : Andy > : > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VIRGIE > : UNDERWOOD > : Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:54 PM > : To: Braillenote List > : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? > : > : Hi Sara, > : Thanks for understanding our need for Excel. We know that we can't have > : everything we need all at once but if we do not ask we may never get > : what we need. I am a vendor and Excel is what I need to keep my > : inventory, to do my accounting some other things. > : Virgie and Hoshi > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > : Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:39 PM > : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note and excel? > : > : > : I think people just get confused and call spreadsheet programs Excel > : because that is the most well-known spreadsheet program they are aware > : of, just like the people who call every softdrink a coke whether it > : really is a coke or not. No a full version of Excel wouldn't work, but > : a spreadsheet program should be perfectly possible. > : I also want to point out that a spreadsheet should not cause any problem > : with the processor power and memory available on the MPower, and > : possibly not on the classics either. Hey, there are actually > : spreadsheets to run on cell phones that run the Simbian operating system > : and they don't have the most powerful processors and they certainly > : don't have a great deal of memory. I don't believe the spreadsheet > : programs are usable with the screen readers for the phones, though. > : > : Another point is that although CSV files can be imported to a database > : as well as a spreadsheet, that doesn't make them equivalent. Outlook > : can import and export your address list as a CSV file, but that doesn't > : mean your address list is a spreadsheet. Yes, you could open that in > : Excel, but it would still be your address list stuffed in to a > : spreadsheet, not anything you would normally deal with in Excel. Only > : being able to have a grid of fields like a spreadsheet and being able to > : do calculations would do the jobs most people want to do when they ask > : for spreadsheet functionallity. Having keybase capable of doing > : calculations would be progress in that direction, and I would love that, > : but it still wouldn't necessarily replace a spreadsheet application. > : No, Humanware can't give us everything we wish for, and certainly not > : all at once, but please try to understand the reasons for the requests. > : > : Sarah Van Oosterwijck > : Assistive Technology Trainer > : http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > : ___ > : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > : > : > : ___ > : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > : > : ___ > : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > : > : > : ___ > : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > : > : > : __________ NOD32 1.1400 (20060208) Information __________ > : > : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > : http://www.eset.com > : > : > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
