one thing you can do is disable auto brightness, turn it down to 0% and enable 
screen curtain, this gives the best result.

On my MacBook Air running like this, the battery life is rated at 7 hours, 
however, I get 13+ out of it by doing this.


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On 4 Nov 2012, at 12:25, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I don't think the bigger battery would translate into longer batterylife for 
> sighted or blind user.  I believe the usage is rated about 9 or 10 hours.  I 
> don't that has changed from the 1st gen iPad.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
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> On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Garry Turkington <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> One of the big changes in the iPad 3rd gen -- continued with the 4th
>> gen -- was the much larger battery required to support the retina
>> display.  I was wondering if this translates into much more battery
>> life for VO users with the screen curtain on?  I've never been clear
>> on just what screen curtain does -- if it just turns off the display
>> or something more meaningful -- but either way would be curious if
>> this has translated into more battery life for the VO user over say
>> the iPad 2?
>> 
>> Garry
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