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Phillip Gross
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Phillip,
I don’t know how many accounting functions you require for your small business but if it is primarily checkbook related, you might try Money Talks from APH. It doesn’t have receivables, payables, or inventory capability but its checkbook capability is outstanding and is very accessible with JAWS and transferring its detail to Excel is very easy. You can read about it here:
https://tech.aph.org/mt_info.htm
Alan Lemly
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Phillip Gross
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 11:11 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: accounting program
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Phillip Gross
I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment.
Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities.
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Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...>
You should look into QuickBooks Online, but this of course does come with a monthly subscription cost. Intuit has put some effort into improving the accessibility o f QuickBooks Online and it's certainly useable. I am using it for my retail business although I must admit that while I started using it at the beginning of the year I have not yet had time to get myself trained on it. I will very shortly get some help from my accountant because my requirements are a bit more complex than those of some other small businesses. For now my accountant has set up the integration between my point of sale system and QuickBooks Online so every day a lot of information is dumped into QuickBooks from the POS system, but I still have to do some manual work like properly assigning taxes to my supplier invoices which QuickBooks gets from the purchase orders we enter in our POS system and I have to deal with payroll entries and so on. Then there is of course bank reconciliation and recording supplier payments and tax payments. My bank account and business Visa are also connected to QuickBooks so all transactions are already there and just have to be reviewed and posted correctly. I used Sage 50 for over 20 years and it was never connected to either my POS system or bank so I did all entries manually and while I could use Sage just fine for what I needed I would not say it is fully accessible. I just knew either how many times I had to tab on the home screen to get into a certain module (nothing rads on the home screen) or I would know work-arounds for other issues. There are also some other online systems, but not sure where you are and if they are available. In Canada there is Wave Accounting which is also strictly an online system and I know some small businesses which use it. QuickBooks Online is nice in that you can invite your accountant to have access so when year-end and such comes around they can simply log in and do what they need to do.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Phillip Gross
Sent: August 17, 2021 10:13 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word
Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment.
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While I appreciate your comments, I've never not considered using a product simply because it hasn't been updated recently. I tend to focus on whether the product is accessible and does what I need it to do. Money Talks doesn't do invoicing so won't work
for you but it is great for checkbook management and really doesn't need to be updated to continue to be great at that.
Alan Lemly
with
Outlook for iOS
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:13:09 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Re: accounting program I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It
took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment.
Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities.
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Richard B. McDonald
Hi Phillip!
I have heard that QuickBooks *online* is fairly accessible, but it costs money on a sliding scale based on your needs. Also, see the below link to “Wave,” which is likewise reputed to be accessible. I have not tried either. However, Wave is free for basic needs, and then costs money on a sliding scale too.
https://www.waveapps.com/accounting
For various reasons, I dislike QB. Soon, I am going to try Wave. For a number of reasons, I am drawn to it.
HTH, Richard
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Phillip Gross
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 9:11 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: accounting program
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Mario
I recall an interview with Larry Skutchan in which he did mention that it does still work in Windows 10.
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From: Alan Lemly [mailto:walemly@gmail.com] Subject: accounting program Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:12 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> While I appreciate your comments, I've never not considered using a product simply because it hasn't been updated recently. I tend to focus on whether the product is accessible and does what I need it to do. Money Talks doesn't do invoicing so won't work for you but it is great for checkbook management and really doesn't need to be updated to continue to be great at that. Alan Lemly with Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@outlook.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:13:09 AM *To:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *Subject:* Re: accounting program I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment. Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities.
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Curtis Chong
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Money Talks does indeed work just fine in Windows 10. As a checkbook register, it does a beautiful job. I am an enthusiastic supporter of the program. I myself am managing at least three separate registers with Money Talks. Terrific program. Works great with JAWS. Very truly yours, Curtis Chong
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mario Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 9:26 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program I recall an interview with Larry Skutchan in which he did mention that it does still work in Windows 10. -------- Original Message -------- From: Alan Lemly [mailto:walemly@gmail.com] Subject: accounting program Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:12 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> While I appreciate your comments, I've never not considered using a product simply because it hasn't been updated recently. I tend to focus on whether the product is accessible and does what I need it to do. Money Talks doesn't do invoicing so won't work for you but it is great for checkbook management and really doesn't need to be updated to continue to be great at that. Alan Lemly with Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@outlook.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:13:09 AM *To:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *Subject:* Re: accounting program I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment. Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities.
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Mario,
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Yes, Money Talks works very well with Windows 10. Alan Lemly
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mario Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 10:26 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program I recall an interview with Larry Skutchan in which he did mention that it does still work in Windows 10. -------- Original Message -------- From: Alan Lemly [mailto:walemly@gmail.com] Subject: accounting program Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:12 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> While I appreciate your comments, I've never not considered using a product simply because it hasn't been updated recently. I tend to focus on whether the product is accessible and does what I need it to do. Money Talks doesn't do invoicing so won't work for you but it is great for checkbook management and really doesn't need to be updated to continue to be great at that. Alan Lemly with Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@outlook.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:13:09 AM *To:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *Subject:* Re: accounting program I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment. Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities.
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Anita
On Aug 19, 2021, at 4:51 PM, Alan Lemly <walemly@...> wrote: Mario, Yes, Money Talks works very well with Windows 10. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mario Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 10:26 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program I recall an interview with Larry Skutchan in which he did mention that it does still work in Windows 10. -------- Original Message -------- From: Alan Lemly [mailto:walemly@...] Subject: accounting program Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:12 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> While I appreciate your comments, I've never not considered using a product simply because it hasn't been updated recently. I tend to focus on whether the product is accessible and does what I need it to do. Money Talks doesn't do invoicing so won't work for you but it is great for checkbook management and really doesn't need to be updated to continue to be great at that. Alan Lemly with Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> on behalf of Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@...> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:13:09 AM *To:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *Subject:* Re: accounting program I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment. Thank you for the suggestion, but I wouldn't mind having something with some invoicing capabilities. I use to have that program, but it was destroyed byHurricane Florence. Is there anyway to regain access in another way? Thanks, Anita
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Randy Barnett <blindmansbluff09@...>
cash manager is a fully functional accounting suite Like QuickBooks the program is written by a company out of the UK. But it's fully functional in the US market.It will it will interact with your bank electronically if they support that. I never actually used it in a business environment but I did some classes on it. And I thought it was very accessible and worked well. And it was actually written to be accessible. I was exposed to it at the Idaho commission for the blind when I was going to school there.
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Randy Barnett
On Aug 17, 2021, at 9:10 PM, Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@...> wrote:
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Adrian Spratt
For the record, I believe this program was developed in New Zealand. A country that small deserves credit for all the great work they do.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Randy Barnett
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 8:03 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
cash manager is a fully functional accounting suite Like QuickBooks the program is written by a company out of the UK. But it's fully functional in the US market.It will it will interact with your bank electronically if they support that. I never actually used it in a business environment but I did some classes on it. And I thought it was very accessible and worked well. And it was actually written to be accessible. I was exposed to it at the Idaho commission for the blind when I was going to school there. Randy Barnett
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Randy Barnett <blindmansbluff09@...>
yeah I was just going from memory from 2016. But thanks for the correction.
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Randy Barnett
On Aug 19, 2021, at 8:09 PM, Adrian Spratt <adrian@...> wrote:
For the record, I believe this program was developed in New Zealand. A country that small deserves credit for all the great work they do.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Randy Barnett
cash manager is a fully functional accounting suite Like QuickBooks the program is written by a company out of the UK. But it's fully functional in the US market.It will it will interact with your bank electronically if they support that. I never actually used it in a business environment but I did some classes on it. And I thought it was very accessible and worked well. And it was actually written to be accessible. I was exposed to it at the Idaho commission for the blind when I was going to school there. Randy Barnett
I have a small business and do my bookkeeping in Excel. I would like to start using some accounting software instead, but I have heard that QuickBooks, which I would have tried first, has some accessibility issues. Is this true, and, if so, what have people on the list found works well with JAWS?
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Steve Nutt
Hi,
I use Quickbooks Online without any issue.
The advantage is that you can do it from any browser, and there is a mobile app too.
All the best
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Phillip Gross
Sent: 18 August 2021 06:13 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
I can't help but wonder if Money Talks has been updated at all. Requirements include Windows 98, a CD ROM, and IE 5.5. It reminded me of going back to college in 2009. I had a professor give me an assignment on a 3.5 floppy written in Word Perfect. It took me longer to dig out a floppy drive than it did to complete the assignment.
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Phillip Gross
I have narrowed it down to FreshBooks or QuickBooks at this point. I've read that FreshBooks used to be accessible, but they took a step back in accessibility. That was a couple of years ago though, so anything could have changed. I've heard from enough of you that QuickBooks is accessible. FreshBooks is the less expensive of the two. Now, it's just deciding which one of them will serve my needs better.
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Betsy Binney
If you’d like a CPA’s opinion I have used Quickbooks for tears and I have been blind most of those years. Best of luck.
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Betsy R. Binney meandbastet@...
On Aug 24, 2021, at 1:24 AM, Phillip Gross <phillip_gross@...> wrote:
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Glenn / Lenny
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Yeah, doing accounting would bring me to tears
too.
LOL
Glenn
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Steve Nutt
Not only that, I was involved with Ted Drake, the accessibility manager at Intuit, and between us, we got a lot of accessibility fixes done on the website.
So I would contend it is now very accessible.
All the best
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Betsy Binney
Sent: 24 August 2021 08:18 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
If you’d like a CPA’s opinion I have used Quickbooks for tears and I have been blind most of those years. Best of luck. Betsy R. Binney meandbastet@...
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Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
To be clear, you are talking about the online version of Quick books not the stand-alone. I’ve heard from lots of folks that the online version works well with a screen reader.
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Steve Nutt
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 1:46 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
Not only that, I was involved with Ted Drake, the accessibility manager at Intuit, and between us, we got a lot of accessibility fixes done on the website.
So I would contend it is now very accessible.
All the best
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On Behalf Of Betsy Binney
If you’d like a CPA’s opinion I have used Quickbooks for tears and I have been blind most of those years. Best of luck. Betsy R. Binney
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Steve Nutt
Yes indeed, I use Quickbooks Online.
All the best
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: 26 August 2021 15:10 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: accounting program
To be clear, you are talking about the online version of Quick books not the stand-alone. I’ve heard from lots of folks that the online version works well with a screen reader.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Not only that, I was involved with Ted Drake, the accessibility manager at Intuit, and between us, we got a lot of accessibility fixes done on the website.
So I would contend it is now very accessible.
All the best
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Betsy Binney
If you’d like a CPA’s opinion I have used Quickbooks for tears and I have been blind most of those years. Best of luck. Betsy R. Binney
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