I think it is a question of quantity! It is easier to make more of
something and keep the price down for all. Should I decide to play games, I
have them! If not no big deal. I wouldn't quarrel with having a
specialized financial program, calculator etc but I still would like to be
able to efficiently deal with files which are widely used as Xl as much as
possible.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next upgrade
Hi James,
I am one of those people who is forced to use Excel also, however, I do
not think that Excel is the best tool for financial matters! I think both
kinds of programs are needed here. For instance, I do not want or play the
games in Braillenote but I do not criticize those who do want it and yet I
am forced to pay for something that I will never use! Just my thoughts
and observations!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next
upgrade
Paul,
I think you could have condensed those fifteen or so messages down to
three,
goodness!
Having said that, I think a totally different aspect of this discussion
has
been neglected! Like it or not, we must deal with .pdf or .XLS files in
some way or at some point! Both of these file
types are widely used and we unfortunately must deal with them! I know
very
little if anything about spreadsheets, yet I've been asked to make
braille
hard copies of some of our state organization's financial matters. This
certainly is a dandy challenge for a person who barely knows how to read
a
spread sheet
to put it into braille in a form that might make sense to someone who
understands them. That is a dandy challenge! My newer computer has XL
and I can get an idea of the layout of the spreadsheet and maybe make
some sense out of what I think I see there. Thanks to XL, I'm able to at
least find columns, and specific data within those columns but getting
this from my PC to braille and make as much sense and do so efficiently
really is a seemingly impossible task! Heaven Forbid I'd need to reenter
all the data by hand myself! I use my M-power to braille what I do much
of the time. I wish there was a simple, efficient way to interpret the
data within the spreadsheet and have it available in hard copy braille
very quickly so it could be sent to those who request the information
within that spreadsheet. That is my immediate need whether I know what
I'm talking about or not. It would be nice to simply read the
spreadsheet on my M-power and make some sense of it. Having money
management programs or calculators are nice but how much nicer it would
be if we could import a spreadsheet and get the information quickly
without much effort and a person could take more time to study the data
within the spreadsheet rather than spend so much energy trying to figure
a way to place it in a format which makes sense to those who understand
spreadsheets. Tasks like this make me cringe! I'd rather run away
rather than face the task at hand! I truly hate this kind of thing! Is
there a way to make this donting task a bit easier and maybe a bit more
satisfying?
Jim Aldrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next
upgrade
Hi, Mike. I suppose it is only vitally important for those people where
the
Braille note is their only computer or for those who want their
financial
data such as their checking account or credit card balance with them on
the
go.
Paul Henrichsen
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
Garrett
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:19 PM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next
upgrade
I suppose it is "picking a nit," but though the suggestion might be a
useful
feature to a lot of people, calling it "vitally important" is more than
hyperbole!
----- Original Message -----
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:28:22 -0400
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the
next upgrade
Hi Rusty,
This is an excellent suggestion and I agree that it is something
that most
of us would like to see for our BrailleNotes.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rusty Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:36 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next
upgrade
Hi folks,
I believe that keysoft NEEDS a financial management component
like
Quicken.
Most sighted people keep a log of their checks. Many keep a
budget sheet
to
track expenses and expendatures ETC.
Some one is bound to answer this by saying that there's a
calculator and a
database program and that this should be enough. I'm not savi
enough to do
the leg work to do the math, go from one to the other.
I hope that some one can harness the power of the bn to create
an
application where we can simply and easily enter these figures,
categorize
them, automatically perform the calculations to let us know how
much we
are
spending and saving on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.
It would even be cool if the BN had built in formulas to help us
calculate
interest, convert measurements, other simple tasks.
I'm not a math wizzard, I need something to help me do these
things. An
economics major a finance expert could probably make a list of
the
features
we'd need, but I think that if we could just have a BN version
of quicken,
we'd be ahead of the game.
I think these things would make our lives much easier.
Thanks for reading!
Rusty
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