i don't mind reading books till the battery dies.  I just make sure they are
ona compactflash card--not the hard disk.  That way I know when it's out and
needs to be rechartged.

Jane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] draining a battery faster


> Hi, Mary Ellen. Sometimes, even when you get a critical message, you can
> still have the speech going or exercise the braille display for another
> hour or more. I do that all of the time as I am worried about actually
> reading a book when the display goes dead.
> I have set the speech on with that message and it has gone for as much as
> an hour and a half before everything goes dead.
> I try to get as close as I can to one percent. Sometimes, I am at three
> percent.
> At 2/25/2005, you wrote:
>
> >Why not just use your bn or pk until you get a critical message, check
the
> >options menu under battery power to se at what percent your battery is
and
> >simply go from there.
> >What I often do if my battery is down to like 2 or 3 % is put a long
> >document in and let the battery run down by reading me something. Usually
> >I simply run the battery down from use.
> >Mary Ellen Earls
> >
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