Hi, Jonathan. Do they really teach stat in school these days or did you need it for the use of educators to gather statistics?
Although I was in the school of business in college and didn't take any stat classes until then, I would think that most people would have much more use for evaluating their port folio with regard to their retirement plans or calculating loan or mortgage payments. That being said, I don't think that much business math is taught in school these days either, but don't know. Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:56 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next upgrade Hi Paul, the decision to introduce statistics was a no brainer for us, since the vast majority of BrailleNotes are used in education. We would get many, many times more requests for stats than we would financial functions. This isn't to say we're ignoring the requests we do get for these features, but just that we do have to prioritise. Jonathan Mosen BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager HumanWare 11 Mary Muller Drive Christchurch New Zealand DDI: +64-3-940-2219 http://www.humanware.com "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/2006 10:29 a.m. Please respond to Braillenote List <[email protected]> To "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> cc Subject RE: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next upgrade I was so surprised when I heard we were getting a statistical calculator in 7.2. I would much rather have had a good business calculator. When was the last time any of you needed some statistical data? When was the last time you did standard deviation or set up a sample group for statistical calculations? But when was the last time you needed to calculate a loan payment, finance some big purchase like a braille notetaker or car for your sighted spouse, calculate a mortgage payment based on a certain interest or number of years or refinance your home? When was the last time you wondered what the future value of your stocks or bonds was or how your 401K or IRA was doing? Do all blind students now-a-days go through statistics in high school or college in their liberal arts programs? Yes. I guess you could have set all this up on your Excel spreadsheet provided you were proficient enough at excel to do this, but wouldn't a nice business calculator with these kind of built in functions have been easier? As a business major ten years ago, I could have used a good statistical calculator for the at least two stat classes I had to take. But what was the rationale from HW that they chose a stat calculator over a business one? I'd like to know. I have absolutely no need for a stat calculator, but I sure could use a good business one. Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Ward Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:17 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Vitally important suggestion for the next upgrade I used to use the calculator in the BNS, not even the special check program, just the calculator. For some reason, though, I just haven't found it as convenient in the BN. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rusty Perez Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:37 PM To: 'Braillenote List' 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! 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