Personable Launches ScanWriter: Ground-Breaking Scan and Populate Technology for QuickBooks Users

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 24, 2010 -
Personable Inc. (www.personable.com), an Intuit® and Microsoft Gold Certified Developer, today introduced ScanWriter for QuickBooks®, a ground-breaking technology that will revolutionize the accounting industry.  ScanWriter reduces bookkeepers’ data entry time by 90% through the patent-pending scan and populate technology designed for QuickBooks users who manually enter transactions into QuickBooks one-by-one from bank and credit card statements, receipts, invoices, checks, and other paperwork. ScanWriter is the industry’s first and only automated data entry technology for QuickBooks.

According to Mike Block, CPA, Intuit QuickBooks-blog post, QuickBooks has 94% of the small business accounting program market, and five million QuickBooks companies with over 25 million employees. “ScanWriter has the potential to dramatically impact millions of QuickBooks companies by elevating their bookkeepers productivity to a level they have never experienced before ScanWriter,” said Benjamin Chou, MSM, is the President of Personable Inc.  

“I’m extremely excited that Benjamin Chou and the Personable team has launched ScanWriter. Now the bookkeeping side of practice can realize some of the fantastic time savings that “scan and populate” technology has been providing to the tax prep side over the past few years. I love the application of technology to the practice of public accounting -- and Personable is leading the way with its elegantly designed and implemented ScanWriter product,” said Greg LaFollette, CPA, CITP, Senior Manager, Tax & Consulting, Eide Baily, LLP.

ScanWriter is used to capture scanned documents or existing electronic statements, including bank statements, credit card statements, receipts, invoices, and other documents, and immediately populate QuickBooks transactions for a client. “ScanWriter automates data entry and significantly increase the efficiency of bank reconciliation, which will allow millions of QuickBooks companies to free up 90% of their time, which can be used to build their book of business and increase revenue,” continued Chou.

ScanWriter technology allows QuickBooks users to:
• Reduce Bookkeepers data entry time by 90%;
• Convert bank and credit card statements, receipts, invoices, checks, and other paperwork into QuickBooks data entries in seconds;
• Speed the bank reconciliation process, requiring only a few mouse clicks;
• Enter 100s of transactions in minutes; and
• Scan documents automatically.

ScanWriter Availability
ScanWriter will be available throughout North America starting August 24th, 2010.  QuickBooks users can demo the technology at Personable’s booth #1531, #1532, and #1533 at the 2010 Midwest Accounting and Finance Showcase event August 24-25, 2010 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, or, email info@personable.com, or call 800-688-4281 and register to join a 30-minute webinar on any of the following dates:

• 12:00pm PT, Monday, August 30th, 2010
• 12:00pm PT, Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
• 12:00pm PT, Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
• 12:00pm PT, Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
• 12:00pm PT, Friday, September 3rd, 2010

About Personable, Inc.
Founded in 1998, Personable (www.personable.com) Intuit® Certified Gold Developer, K2 Quality Award winner, and Sleeter Awesome Add-On Award winner, is one of the first QuickBooks hosting service providers to serve accountants and accounting professionals. Personable provides the accounting industry with ScanWriter, SourceLink, Workflow DMS, DataMover, and hosting services for QuickBooks users.  Personable, Inc. is the only Application Service Provider (ASP) to deliver a fully functional Windows virtual desktop to the browser to help companies source a full array of software-on-demand and managed desktop services. Personable’s instant software solution includes provisioning of users; subscription to applications; availability of a virtual private network; access to software and files from any PC or Macintosh connected to the Internet; and real-time billing information online.

For more information or to join a webinar, please visit our website www.personable.com, email info@personable.com, or call 800-688-4281.

Note to Editors: Intuit, QuickBooks Pro, and Premier, among others, are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc. Personable,SourceLink, and ScanWriter are registered trademarks of Personable Inc.

Personable Contact:
Michelle Dulog
Personable, Inc.
Phone: 800-688-4281
Email: info@personable.com

PR Contact:
Leslie Garrett, Accounting Edge Marketing
Phone: 651-451-6903
Email: lgarrett@AccountingEdgeMarketing.com