[Nfbk] Nonvisual Access to Peachtree Complete Accounting

[Nickie Pearl]

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:34 PM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] Fwd: Nonvisual Access to Peachtree Complete Accounting


>
>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.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Curtis Chong


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