[nabentre] Fwd: Nonvisual Access to Peachtree Complete Accounting

[Zeeshan Khan]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

>
>
>> Greetings:
>>
>> For some time, many blind people have been searching for an "accessible"
>> accounting package that would work well with screen access technology for
>> the blind.  I cannot count the number of times I have had to tell someone
>> that for all practical purposes, there was no really good way to use a
>> business-oriented accounting package (such as Quick books) with JAWS for
>> Windows.  At best, I have had to recommend nonvisually-accessible financial
>> programs that were more appropriate for the home user.
>>
>> I am pleased to tell you that a company called Virtual Vision
>> Technologies has developed JAWS scripts for the Peachtree Complete
>> Accounting system.  Although this is not a solution for people using Quick
>> Books, this can be a solution for that small business person who needs a
>> well-reputed and powerful commercial accounting program and who needs to
>> use that program with JAWS for Windows.  The complete package--that is,
>> JAWS scripts and the Peachtree Complete Accounting program--is available
>> from Scripts for JAWS.  Quoting from the Scripts for JAWS home page:
>>
>> "With Jaws Scripts for Peachtree, the two best solutions available for
>> the visually impaired are united: Jaws and Peachtree! This means that
>> everything from simply maintaining your own personal checkbook through
>> running your own business (of virtually any sort or size) is now open to
>> you! Even becoming an accountant yourself is now accessible!"
>>
>> There is a lot of promise here and, I admit, no real-world experience.  I
>> myself have not had a chance to evaluate this offering.  Nevertheless,
>> given what I know about Virtual Vision Technologies, I am optimistic that
>> an extremely viable solution exists here and for only $169 (i.e., $100 for
>> Peachtree Complete Accounting and $69 for the JAWS scripts--an introductory
>> price) at that.
>>
>> One of the challenges that has made nonvisual access even more difficult
>> is that once extensive scripting has been done for a specific version of an
>> accounting program, the scripting falls apart when the next version is
>> released.  When I raised this issue with the folks who developed the
>> Peachtree Complete Accounting scripts for JAWS, this is the response I
>> received:
>>
>> "allow me to point out one great thing right off the top:  Peachtree
>> (unlike other applications such as QuickBooks) has no constant requirement
>> to upgrade.  Thousands upon thousands (actually, literally millions) of
>> Peachtree users never upgrade.  Peachtree Complete Accounting is and will
>> be available for purchase for years to come.  For example, PCA 2006 is
>> still widely available.  Real users of accounting applications rarely
>> upgrade unless there is a business need to do so.  Compare to QuickBooks;
>> which requires at least one upgrade every other year.  This very stability
>> issue to which you point is perhaps the primary reason Peachtree was chosen
>> (to be scripted)."
>>
>> If you want to learn more about Peachtree Complete Accounting and the
>> JAWS scripts that have been developed for this software, point your browser
>> to http://www.scriptsforjaws.com/**index.php<http://www.scriptsforjaws.com/index.php>
>> .
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Curtis Chong
>>
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Zeeshan Khan