Re: Jaws and quickbooks.
- From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:45:00 -0600
Judy,
It appears that those who are managing just fine with QuickBooks have been
using it for years, judging by what they have said on the list. That probably
wouldn't be the case with a new user. I suspect that a company would want to
test someone's proficiency with QuickBooks before hiring them.
I think someone learning QuickBooks to do their own business accounts would
probably have a better chance. At least, you wouldn't fire yourself, or on the
other hand, maybe you would in frustration. Our tech center director did the
center's accounting with QuickBooks in the early days before she had the money
to hire someone. Once money was available, however, she was glad to turn the
job over to someone else. She isn't blind.
Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Jones
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws and quickbooks.
Yes. I understand the different definitions. You are right. There are so
many ways to use a program with not necessarily 100% assistance from Jaws, and
can still manage just fine.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary King
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws and quickbooks.
Judy,
Whether or not QuickBooks works with JAWS depends on what you mean by
"works." If you mean that you can use the program by memorizing the shortcuts
and the order of the various fields into which you enter data, then it works.
If you mean that JAWS speaks the label of each field as you tab to it and gives
you automatic feedback on status changes as it does in programs like MS Word
and Excel, then it doesn't work. When FS Tech Support told you that
QuickBooks doesn't work with JAWS, they just meant that the program wasn't
supported with JAWS scripts and therefore, you wouldn't get any automatic
feedback from JAWS when using the program.
I think it's great that there are folks that can work with QuickBooks by
memorizing the layout of the screen, but I'm not sure how many people could do
this or would be willing to try. As I recall, back in the days of computers
that used punch cards for input, there were a few blind people that could read
the code punched into the cards by feeling of the pattern of the holes. I
suspect that using QuickBooks without scripts is not as difficult as learning
to read machine code by feeling of punch cards, but it's not for everyone. It
probably works best for those who run their own business, know how their
accounts are set up and have the time to learn the layout of the various
QuickBooks screens. Going into a new job with a company using QuickBooks and
JAWS would not be for the faint of heart.
Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Jones
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws and quickbooks.
Oh, Linda!!
This is such great news to hear. I wish I would have known you this
summer. I almost got a job offer in an office, but had to turn it down,
because from everything I could find out, I was told QB didn't work with Jaws,
and that very few accounting programs did. This info was from JFW tech
support. With that info, I didn't bother trying for myself, figuring tech
support is the last word.
I am employed now, but this message gave me a pleasant double-take.
Pleasant because I'm glad to find someone who makes QB work. But am also
troubled, because it makes me wonder how much you can trust JFW tech support.
With most of my experience with them, they have been very good. But I got a
bum steer this summer with QB that could've made a big difference to me. I
realize people aren't infallible, and maybe there was something I should've or
could've done.
I hope my story wil benefit someone on this list.
Woops! Pecan pies are almost done!!I'm outa here to check on them!
Thanks again for sharing.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Yacks
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:26 PM
Subject: RE: Jaws and quickbooks.
Hi,
I expected someone would address this but since no one has, I will tell
you my experience. I am not using Jaws with the latest Quickbooks, but I have
used Jaws and Quickbooks for years. I am currently using QB 2004 at home. We
are just starting to use the time tracking feature of QB at work and it will be
the 2010 version so I will be able to tell you more about that in a couple fo
weeks.
It is very possible to use QB with Jaws. I find the registers
navigatable. It is necessary to know the order in which the columns are
arranged because jaws doesn't tell you what the column is, but you can learn
them. There are some keyboard shortcuts. You can use the review screen for
several applications. Are you familiar with QB?
Linda
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:26 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Jaws and quickbooks.
Does anyone know if there are Jaws versions that work with Quickbooks?
Have heard that Jaws "Professional?" works? Am fuzzy as to what Jaws
Professional is.
Judy
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