[NFBCS] Why Not Google was RE: Document management program

Thu Feb 2 01:53:33 UTC 2023

Hi Heidi, Asana’s Accessibility statement does clearly have a few red flags in it.  Embarking on a Years Long project to make their software accessible is usually a sign that the problems are deep.

It does sound as if your other contributors may be seeking some workflow or templates, otherwise Asana wouldn’t be a choice.  Google’s Suite of apps in my humble opinion lack a certain efficiency.  I would suggest Microsoft 365, it’s probably already on the list and it certainly has small business to enterprise advantages.  OneDrive can easily manage permissions/sharing and real-time collaboration.  Microsoft’s Accessibility support pages are pretty good and Microsoft offers the Disability Answer Desk where you can call in and get added support if necessary for no cost.  Plans are also monthly or annually for small businesses and apps can run on Mac, iPad, iOS, Windows and I assume Android & the web version works on Chromebooks.  So everyone at your organization can use it.

Asana, OneTrust, Airtable, … all have a problem of lock-in to their platform and while they may do certain things like templates and approval workflows really well, there is a ton of things they can’t do at all which Microsoft can.  

If however your organization is thinking about a tool in addition to Google Suite then that certainly is problematic for a Microsoft solution because the redundancy will become a headache with two suites doing basically all the same things.

So I fear you are in a tough spot if your organization is looking for a specific tool, because many of these tools are created for businesses which likely have little legal compliance risk.  Whereas Microsoft and Google are used by organization with legal requirements and thus they are way ahead of the game.

Best of luck!  Email me directly if you want, I’m interested in how things turn out.

Fingers crossed.

Best,
Charles

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> On Feb 1, 2023, at 3:45 PM, Greg Kearney via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Git - It's got a sort of steep learning curve but it is accessible, cross platform and works with just about any kind of file you can think of. Many clients including command line so it is accessible.
> 
> Greg
> 
>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Heidi Thorsen via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Nicole,
>> Several people on the board would like to explore something other than Google. They feel there are other programs  that are more streamlined and easier to store shared documents. I am just concerned they will be picking a program that is not accessible And so I would like to offer suggestions.
>> Heidi 
>> 
>> Heidi Thorsen
>> 
>>>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Feel free to ignore this if you don't want to respond. Has Google Docs not
>>> worked for you? I don't have experience with using it on Mac, but it works
>>> well on Windows once you learn how to use it.
>>> 
>>> Nicole
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Heidi Thorsen via NFBCS
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 9:33 AM
>>> To: NFBCS at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Heidi Thorsen <nfbthorsen at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [NFBCS] Document management program
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> I am wondering if any of you have knowledge of a project management program
>>> that allows people working on projects, meetings, Board of Directors etc. to
>>> share, store, organize, edit, and easily retrieve documents they are
>>> continually working on. This platform would need to be User-friendly to the
>>> Mac OS voiceover. Are there any people out there who have used Asana, or
>>> anything else? Ideas other than Google would be very helpful.
>>> Thank you,
>>> Heidi Thorsen 
>>> 
>>> 
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