A method for testing a plurality of batteries, comprising the steps of: connecting an instrument to terminals (4, 5) of a battery under test, wherein said battery is one of a number of batteries; and testing the battery; wherein the method is characterized by: each battery being associated with an image that graphically represents one of a set of unique, sequential phonemes; providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with an image corresponding to one of the images associated with the batteries; displaying on a display of the instrument a graphical representation of the image labeling a labeled memory location that corresponds to the image associated with the battery under test; recording test results in the labeled memory location shown in the image on the display; and during testing of the plurality of batteries, generating an audible voice prompt that audibly expresses either: (a) phonemes of the labeled memory location shown on the display and where the results of the test are stored; or (b) phonemes representative of the next battery to be tested. connecting an instrument to terminals (4, 5) of a battery under test, wherein said battery is one of a number of batteries; and testing the battery; wherein the method is characterized by: each battery being associated with an image that graphically represents one of a set of unique, sequential phonemes; providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with an image corresponding to one of the images associated with the batteries; displaying on a display of the instrument a graphical representation of the image labeling a labeled memory location that corresponds to the image associated with the battery under test; recording test results in the labeled memory location shown in the image on the display; and during testing of the plurality of batteries, generating an audible voice prompt that audibly expresses either: (a) phonemes of the labeled memory location shown on the display and where the results of the test are stored; or (b) phonemes representative of the next battery to be tested. each battery being associated with an image that graphically represents one of a set of unique, sequential phonemes; providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with an image corresponding to one of the images associated with the batteries; displaying on a display of the instrument a graphical representation of the image labeling a labeled memory location that corresponds to the image associated with the battery under test; recording test results in the labeled memory location shown in the image on the display; and during testing of the plurality of batteries, generating an audible voice prompt that audibly expresses either: (a) phonemes of the labeled memory location shown on the display and where the results of the test are stored; or (b) phonemes representative of the next battery to be tested. (a) phonemes of the labeled memory location shown on the display and where the results of the test are stored; or (b) phonemes representative of the next battery to be tested.