pag@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Philip A. Gross) (10/02/90)
Index Number: 10684
My wife works for the Virginia Dept. for the Visually Handicapped
and is visually handicapped. Currently, she makes use of
secretarial help and volunteers to get some of her work done,
particularly in the area of filling out all of the various forms
that she has to prepare. Her department has recently received
approval to spend some $$$ on computer equipment, etc. and she sees
this as an opportunity to get some computer equipment that will
allow her to be able to more independent.
The type of software that she is in the greatest need for is some
type of software that will allow her to enter data into fields on
the screen and then print that information into pre-printed forms
which she inserts into a printer. This software should identify to
her the name of the field that she is entering data into and issue
the necessary vocal responses to indicate that she has entered the
information correctly. This software must operate on an IBM
compatible 386 and preferably be compatible with ARTIC Vision.
If you know of any software that would fill this need, I would
appreciate e-mail to the address listed in my signature below since
I don't always get to keep up with the activity in this group.
[Note from Bill McGarry: I'll forward any postings to Philip.]
Thanks for any information that may be rendered.
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INTERNET: pag@tcsc3b2.tcsc.comGrant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (10/10/90)
Index Number: 11054
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
You are right forms have always been a problem until FORMMATE
from Henter-Joyce. I have gotten the Demo Disk of the program
and am quite impressed. It requires that at least two files be
created one that gives the program the necessary questions to be
asked, and the other a file that gives the instructions as to
where the answers should be placed on the form. These files must
be written in pure ascii text format. If she has volunteers
working with her now, then they should be able to easily assist
her in creating the form files. This program also allows for
differentfonts of print, bold, ETC whatever your printer
supports. To do this you must create a control file with the
control sequences for the printer.
For more information, contact Henter-Joyce INC, 7901 Fourth
Street North, Suite 211, St.Petersburg, FL 33702
Telephone: 813-576-5658
USA Toll Free: 800-969-5658
You can bet that as soon as I get approval from my boss, I'll be
buying a couple of copies of FORMMATE for my Technology Center.
Check it out. The price of the program is $495.00 which includes
the program, manuels in print and on tape, plus a training tape
that is quite good produced by Henter Joyce. I wish I'd had a
program like FORMMATE when I was working for Social Security!
This program is worth its weight in gold! Grant
Grant
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Index Number: 11056
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
the agency I work for social security uses a program I think called
"forms manager" they have prepared some forms for all of us field
people to use but they didn't give us the creating part of the
program. just a thought.
there is some shareware out there doing the job and you could use a
database like q and a or d base but I think a job specific program
like a forms generator would be better.
tandy
... Uhmmmmm, I forget what You were going to say?
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