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When we estimate battery life, it's done based on an average of typical usage patterns. For example, we're mindful that people will generally leave the unit on but idle for some of the time, only use the Braille display sometime, etc. Batteries generally are expected to be at their best on average for about 18 months. In general, I'm advised that we get around 13 hours of continuous speech in talk-down mode on a BrailleNote, a VoiceNote is about 3 hours more. Now if you have peripherals connected to the unit, such as a compact flash card or even more significantly a Microdrive, that figure will go down. Jonathan Mosen BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager Pulse Data International Ltd DDI: +64-3-373-6192 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Mobile: +64-21 466 736 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.pulsedata.com
