[access-uk] Accessibility of Sage products
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 14:27:09 +0100
The following appeared on the BCAB and UKVISE lists, but I
know a number of you work with companies who use SAGE
accounting software, and may wish to comment.
Please make sure that your comments go to both Ruth Loebl of
RNIB and Andrew Clayson of Sage.
George Bell.
-----Original Message-----
From: Loebl, Ruth [mailto:ruth.loebl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 June 2005 10:08
To: ukvise@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: andrew.clayson@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [UKVISE] Accessibility of Sage products
A while ago, there was a discussion on this list about the
accessibility of Sage accounts software. I think I mentioned
that RNIB has bought one of the Sage business products, and
was talking to the company about how they might improve it
for RNIB staff and disabled users in general. At the time, a
year ago, Sage were really not interested and told us that
it wasn't a priority for them.
Since then, the attitude of the company seems to have
changed, and I met two representatives from Sage yesterday
at RNIB's offices in Peterborough. The purpose of the
meeting was firstly to try and improve the situation for
blind and partially sighted RNIB staff who use Sage Line
500, but also to reinterate the business case for improving
the accessibility of the whole range of products. It seems
that there has been a high level decision at Sage to
consider making changes to the full range of products, and I
am much more optimistic that it really will happen this
time.
I mentioned that many self-employed blind people would like
to try using commercial accounts software such as Sage Line
50, but they are making do with systems designed themselves
using Excel, or paying for accountants to do the work. To
demonstrate demand, and to ask any questions that you may
have about Sage's intentions for the accessibility of its
products, you are invited to contact Andy Clayson, who is
Director of Product Management for Sage UK. If you do email
him, I would appreciate it if you would copy me in, although
you don't have to if you'd rather not.
His email address is: andrew.clayson@xxxxxxxx
All the best
Ruth
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Ruth Loebl
Senior ICT Development Officer
Royal National Institute of the Blind
58-72 John Bright Street
Birmingham
B1 1BN
Tel: +44 (0)121-665 4231
Fax: +44 (0)121-665 4201
Email: Ruth.Loebl@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.rnib.org.uk/technology/
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