[bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating With A Laptop
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:23:38 -0700
Hey Monica,
What is the manufacturer and model number of your laptop? That may help us
out, as power supplies definitely vary according to these specifications.
Also, do you have a note taker such as a BrailleNote or PAC Mate? If so, those
will handle RTF files, have much longer battery life and are great for
Bookshare validation. I use my PM with FSEdit from time to time for this
purpose.
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: Bookshare Volunteers
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Validating With A Laptop
Hi, everyone. Do any of you who validate with a laptop have any gadgets you
use for extending battery power during a very long road trip? Have you seen
some sort of adapter that lets a laptop hook up to the cigarette lighter in a
car to extend the battery life of the laptop? I'm going to be riding along for
10 hours each way, and I'd like to use that time productively. I've found that
my laptop battery lasts about 2 hours or so, depending on what I'm doing. That
would mean I'd have 8 hours of time each way where I'm not doing much. I can
read with my Book Port, of course, but I'd rather validate for Bookshare if I'm
going to be reading anyway. I have my five books out for validation, and I have
about 120 books I could prevalidate to get ready to submit to Bookshare. I can
get a lot done with 20 hours of sitting time. So if you have any tips for
working with a laptop on the road, will you please share them? You'll have my
gratitude and will get to enjoy some new books when I get back. (smile)
--
Monica Willyard
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