Hi folks, This was obviously a popular topic and it brings to light the real necessity of a financial package on the BN.
In answer to those who are afraid of carrying financial info on their bn, there are several possibilities that I can think of. 1. The program could be password protected. To enter the keymoney program, please enter your password. 2. The most obvious argument is, who's going to seek out braillenotes and learn how to hack them just to learn my sorry financial state? This is such an obscure device that HW is not designing a virus package because people won't write viruses for it. 3. I certainly wouldn't store SSN ETC. 4. Put your finances on a flash card and store it some where else. As for working across platforms, I believe that Quicken uses a file format that can be shared. If not, there are exchangible file formats. So you could work on the BN and then import that info in to your pc program. In addition, many banks offer you the ability to download account history suitable for import in to your money program. To be really useful, The keymoney program should support these file formats and play well with other programs. As for this idea of using XL, this is exactly what I suggest we stay away from. I respect the idea that many people are taught to use XL to manage their money. I also respect the idea that xl is a powerful program, but something like quicken takes the difficulty out of things. I don't think most want to learn how to configure quicken, set up formulas, lable rows and columns, ETC! I believe that more people will use a program which does the thinking for them. I suggest that it should have several entry fields. Type of transaction (ATM, check, deposit ETC,) category (household, business, investment, entertainment, ETC,) Check number (if aplicable,) account, amount, it will enter the date and do an automatic calculation of what I should have in my account. It could also add or subtract from a running total, based on the category, of how much I've spent in a particular area and show me how much I've spent in a particular budget area. Since I don't now use a financial package, but will start soon, I don't really know what else it might have just yet. If this is not the only program I use, then it should be able to store the info so I can then cync to the PC later. Additionally, there should be a set of formulas, interest calculator, compound interest calculator, stuff like this. This is not anything new. I believe that some other program such as quicken could, and should, be ported to the BN. No sense reinventing the wheel, and it makes sense to stay as close to the industry standards as possible. Thanks for reading! Rusty ____________________ Skype: rustyperez Yahoo and AIM: reliroo Check out my blog at http://rusty-perez.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karyn Campbell Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 8:39 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next upgrade Ray, you raise an excellent point; and this is definitely a major point against such a feature. As Ray has said, we use MS Excel for our finances and it works well. It is more secure too because it is less portable. This is why I won't keep financial information on my VN. **All outgoing messages scanned for viruses using Norton Antivirus 2006. Karyn Campbell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
