Thanks Rich, No, I haven't used money talks. My immediate need right now is a program to help me analyze my budget. I am about to purchase a new home and I want to see how far away I am from being able to afford it, and how hard I'm going to have to work to make the payments. :-) These are things which I think are beyond the abilities of Money Talks from APH.
A full featured financial program on the BN would do these things. 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 Richard Turner Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:23 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] HW could be the first in financialmanagement for the blind Hi Rusty and others, Have you checked out Money Talks from APH? It does much of what Quicken does, but in a totally accessible way. You can even download your bank statements and reconcile your account. You can get a demo from the APH web site: www.aph.org/tech Richard on Friday 8/4/2006 01:08 PM Rusty Perez said >Hi folks, >After some preliminary fiddling and asking questions, it seems that >there may be no truly accessable total financial management program for >blind folks. Quicken is marginally accessible according to some, but I >can't even get it to instal without sighted assistance. > >There are some blind friendly computerized check registries, but there >is nothing to automate budgeting. There is nothing to easily monitor >savings and investments ETC. >There is no program, application, or device for the blind that helps >you integrate all of your financial information to get an accurate >picture of your financial situation. > >The BrailleNote could be the first to do this if they created, or >modified a program for use on the BN. > >Think of it, your BN could keep track of your bills, the growth in your >savings account. It could keep track of how many times you've eaten out >in the last month and tell you whether you are over your entertainment budget. >You could even pay your bills with the program. This is all possible >with many sight friendly computer programs. This is all possible for >the blind now, if you want to traverse many web pages, configure >spreadsheets and enter complex equasions, and if you want to type in large amounts of data. >But, with the powerful calculation abilities in your BN, with the >database ETC, wouldn't it be great if they wrote, for us, an >application to keep track of our personal finances? > >Add pass word protection and it'd be safe too! > > >The BN could be the first! > >Rusty > > >___ >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
