[access-uk] Re: Accessibility of Sage products
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:35:08 +0100
Hi again George,
I forgot to say, anyone thinking of using Sage as a blind person, the bit
that is truly inaccessible is the report designer. It is a pain in the
neck. That is the one area of sage that is truly difficult, but if you buy
SageCover of course, they will design reports for you at no extra cost. But
the report designer is the only real no-no in Sage, I reckon.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steve Nutt
Sent: 01 July 2005 19:31
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessibility of Sage products
Hi George,
I already use Sage with Window-Eyes without any significant problems. It
requires a bit of mousing, which is easier in WE than in JFW, because with
JFW, you have to keep popping in and out of JAWS cursor, but by and large,
Sage works for me.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: 01 July 2005 14:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Accessibility of Sage products
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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Royal National Institute of the Blind
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