Actually, Rusty, I think this is beyond Quicken also. I use Quicken with vision when I can and I haven't found a forecast feature as you speak of. Admittedly, I am using Quicken 2000 so there is that chance that it is a new feature.
Cindy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rusty Perez > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:19 AM > To: 'Braillenote List' > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] HW could be the first in > financialmanagement for the blind > > > 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 > ___ 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
