Akimbo Audio Book Player

Version 1.3
May 2011

Contents
Main Sections
Overview and Features ............... 2 Getting Started ............................ 3 Player Screen ............................... 4 Accessibility ................................ 8 Library Screen ............................. 9 Settings Screen ........................... 14

Contents

Additional Data
Statistics ...................................... 18 Widget ......................................... 19 Technical Details .......................... 20 Factory Default Settings .............. 21 Covers .......................................... 22 Advanced Information ................. 23 Credits and Support .................... 24

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Overview and Features

Akimbo Audio Book Player allows an easy and fun way to listen to audio books on your mobile or tablet. While the player is designed specifically to provide optimal support for audio books, it is also a very convenient tool for listening for any audio piece that is inherently episodic (such as music albums, podcasts, and more).

Screens
The main screens available in the player are:

Player Screen
The player screen is the main screen you will use. It allows you to listen to the book and control its play.

Library Screen
The library screen allows you to view and manage your books and music. If contains several sub-screens:

Add File/Folder
This screen allows you to add a file or an entire folder (including its subfolders) to the library.

Book Edit
This screen allows you to edit the books information and add, remove or download its covers.

Book Info
This screen shows detailed information about a book along with its covers.

Settings Screen
The settings screen allows you to set your preferred configuration for the player.

Statistics Screen
The statistics screen shows some statistics about your listening history.

Help Screen
The help screen provides help about the player.

Features
A full detail of the features offered by the player is listed in this manual. Here are just a few of them: Supports all major audio book formats (mp3, mp4, m4b, m4a) and other audio formats. Recalls the last position and the volume level per book in the library. Provides cover support for inherent covers as well as automatic download of book/album cover (either per book, of for the entire library). Also allows you to add cover images of your own. Offers a wide array of navigation options, including undoing position changes, going to any point or chapter in the book, and rewinding or advancing the current position by configurable durations. Includes a lock mode, which prevents accidental change to the currently played position. Allows loading your entire audio book library folder in just one click. Provides a full range of accessibility features for support of visually impaired people, or for use of the player without looking at it (see Accessibility) Shows usage statistics (duration of listening to audio in several interesting cross-sections). If you have any issues or questions, see the troubleshooting section at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZaoXiOZK0zlhw4gOq_bFmeihZvYj9f9_NwrhbCLlM9k/view?hl=en

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Getting Started
1. When you first open the application you will see an empty player screen (this is also the case when your last played book reached its end). To play a book you need select it from the library. Please press the menu button and select Library to open the library. 2. If this is your first time in the library, it will contain no books. a. To load books press the Add File/Folder button on the top left (or choose the same option from the menu). You will be shown a file explorer window. Navigate (by pressing the folder names) until you see the folder or file you want to scan. If you need to go back to a parent folder, press the Up to item at the beginning of the list. When you get to the desired folder either perform a long press (press and hold it down for a few seconds) on the items name, or click the green add button next to it. The application will scan the books in this location and add them to the library (this may take a few minutes, depending on the amount of files in the folders). 3. To play a library book to play press its entry in the library; the application will go back to the player screen and continue to play the book from its previous position.

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Player Screen
The main player screen is where youll spend most of your time listening to books. You can play your book, pause it, seek within a chapter, jump to a different chapter, or step a predefined amount of time forward or backward in the book. any Step buttons configured Player Overview Next Chapter to be lockable. Press this button to switch to Go-To the beginning of the next Press this button to open the chapter. The button is Go To dialog (see below), disabled at the last chapter. which enables you to quickly Play / Pause switch to any position or Press Play to resume play. chapter in the book. Press pause to pause play. Small Step Back Note that you can switch Press this button to quickly between a normal-sized and rewind play position a preset a large Play/Pause button short amount of time (see Settings) (default is 10 seconds).

Sleep Timer

Large Step Back

The player screen is divided into three main sections: The top section mostly shows information about the played book. It also contains the Lock and Go-To buttons. The middle section contains the books cover and the step buttons (see below). The bottom section contains play control buttons. Press this button to quickly rewind play position a preset large amount of time (default is 1 minute).

Small Step Forward

Press this button to quickly advance play position a preset short amount of time (default is 10 seconds).

Large Step Forward

Press this button to quickly advance play position a preset large amount of time (default is 1 minute).

The sleep timer button on the left opens up the sleep dialog. Set the number of minutes until you go to sleep, and the player will automatically pause at this point. If you choose End of Chapter the player will pause at the end of the currently played chapter. Press Cancel Timer to cancel a previously set timer.

Player Buttons
Lock / Unlock
Press lock to lock the player and prevent accidental position changes. When in lock mode the following buttons are disabled: Next Chapter, Previous Chapter, the Position Seek Bar, and

Bookmark
Long-press this button (press and hold) to add a bookmark to the book at the current position. Press this button to open the bookmark dialog (see below), which allows moving to a previously bookmarked place.

Previous Chapter
Press this button to switch to the previous chapter. If pressed late in the chapter, or during the first chapter, the player will switch to the start of the current chapter.

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Player Seek Bar

The Player seek bar is located at the bottom part of the top section. It displays progress along the currently played chapter, and allows you to drag its cyan thumb to change the position within the chapter.

The amount of time left in the current chapter appears below Left in Book.

Go To Dialog
Once you press the Go To button a dialog will open, allowing you to switch to any position (top section) or any chapter (bottom section) in the book.

Cover
The books cover is shown at the center of the player screen. See Library Screen on how to add or automatically download covers.

Step Configuration
For each step button you can configure its size, whether it may be locked, whether it is shown in the player screen and whether the text below it is shown. See more in Settings Screen

Player Information
Book Information

The books information appears at the top section, between the Lock and Go To buttons. It contains three rows: 1. The books title 2. The books author 3. Chapter data: current chapter number, total number of chapters and chapter name.

Go To Chapter
To switch to a specific chapter in the book, set the dial at the bottom part of the dialog to the desired chapter index, and press the button below the dial. The text on dial indicates the chapters number, total number of chapter, the chapters position in the book, and its name. For example, if the sixth chapter out of twelve, called The Lamp, begins after an hour and five minutes, its text will read 6/9 (1:05:00): The Lamp

Book Position
Position within the book appears below the lock button.

Chapter Position
Position within the current chapter appears below the book position.

Left in Book
The amount of time left in the book appears below the Go-To button.

Left in Chapter

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Go To Position
To switch to a specific position in the book, set the dials at the top part of the dialog to the desired hour, minute and second, and press the button below the dials. Note that the minutes and seconds dials are cyclic, so if you scroll above 00, you will go back to 59. If you set a position that exceeds the books duration, the button will grow red and become disabled (see image below)

Bookmark Dialog
Once you press the Bookmark button a dialog will open, allowing you to add a new bookmark, or go to any previous bookmarked position.

The title shows you the position which an added bookmark will point to. Press the Add Bookmark button to add a bookmark at the position. Below the button you will see a list of previously bookmarked position (sorted by bookmarking date, from last to first). Each item in the list shows the position in the book and the date in which the bookmark was added. Press an item to go to the bookmarked position. Perform a long-press on an item to get a context menu for this item. The context menu allows you to delete the item or go to the bookmarked position.

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Player Screen Menu

The player screen menu (shown when you press your devices Menu button) contains the following options:

Last Position
This is the undo button. Whenever you change the play position manually (by using the buttons, the Go To menu, or the seek bar), your previous position is recorded. Pressing this button will take you back to the previous position. Up to ten previous positions are kept in the player at a time. This button is disabled if no manual position change was done.

Library
Opens the library screen, where you can manage your books and choose which one to play. See more at Library Screen

Notification Icon
When a book is loaded into the player an icon will appear in your devices notification bar. The information attached to the icon shows the currently played book and chapter. In addition, if you navigate away from your player, this icon can be pressed for a quick shortcut to reopen the player.

Close
If you press this you will be prompted to close the player. Press yes and the application will shut down (stopping and audio play at progress) and be removed from memory completely. Press More to see:

Next Position
This is the redo button. If youve pressed the Last Position and changed your mind, pressing this button will take you back to the position you were before. This button is disabled if the Last Position button was not pressed after the latest manual position change.

Statistics
Opens the statistics screen, where you can see some useful (or not) statistics. See more at Statistics Screen

Help
Opens the help screen, where you can get help on how to use the application.

Settings
Opens the settings screen, where you can control the applications behavior and settings. See more at Settings Screen

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Accessibility
The player mostly complies with accessibility recommendations suggested at eyes-free site. If you are visually impaired it is strongly recommended to change the settings to use Spinners instead of dials (see Settings Screen), as they are more accessible without sight. In addition, the player offers a range of accessibility features. These features can be used for better experience if you are visually impaired or using the application without looking at the screen. All accessibility features are controlled by the Settings screen (see Settings Screen).

Text Indication
When Text indications are enabled, pressing any button in the main screen (except for Go-To) will flash a largefont indication just above the bottom row of buttons.

Voice Indication
When Voice indications are enabled, pressing any button in the main screen (except for Go-To) will cause a human voice indication of the action to be played. Voice indications will be used if the accessibility mode (see Settings Screen) is set to either Voice or Text + Voice. Note that you can configure the voice indications track and volume in Settings Screen.

Double Press Mode

When Double Press mode is enabled, pressing any button in the main screen (except for Go-To) will not immediately cause it to execute its action. Instead, you will be prompted to press the button again to perform the action. If you press the button again within five seconds, the original action will take place; otherwise, the action will be cancelled. This feature helps preventing performing actions by mistake. When Text indications are enabled you will be prompted by the visual message Press again for followed by the relevant action.

Text indications will be used if the accessibility mode (see Settings Screen) is set to either Text or Text + Voice.

When Voice indications are enabled you will hear the human voice message Press again for followed by the relevant action.

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Library Screen
The library screen allows you to manage your books, and choose which one to play. To access the Library pull up the menu in the Player screen and select Library.

Overview
When you open the library for the first time, it will be empty. After youve added some books (see Adding Books) you will see a list of your books. You can scroll down the list to see more books if the library exceeds a single screen. You can also filter the books shown in the library (see Filtering Books) At the left you will see the books cover. Next to the cover are the books main details. To the right are two buttons: Information button Press this button to see a vast array of information about the book (see Book Information). Edit button Press it to edit the books main details, manage its covers, or remove it from the library (see Editing a Book).

Filtering Books
You can filter the books currently shown in the library by entering text in the search filter at the top.

Book Layout
Each line in the list shows a single book.

Accessibility Note
If you are using the D-Pad to scroll through the library, long click an item to get a context menu containing the Edit and Information screen options. The books will be filtered to show only items whose title or author contains the search string. Reset the filter by pressing the button at the top right. All your books will be shown again.

Playing a Book
To play a book click its entry anywhere outside the two buttons. The application will switch to the Player Screen and resume play of the book from its last position. If you press a book that is currently playing you will simply go back to the player screen.

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Adding Books
To add a book to the library press the Add File/Folder button at the top of the library (or pull up the menu and choose Add File/Folder). This will open a file explorer where you can choose which books to add. If you add files whose title already exists in the library, they can be merged into these titles. You can control merging options in the Settings Screen (Library Tab)

File List
The main part of the screen shows a list of the files and subfolders in the current folder. At the top of this list you will always have an item which will take you back to the parent folder. Each line in the explorer contains either a file or a folder (you can tell them apart by the icon on the left). To descend into a folder press its name. To add the file or folder to the library either perform a long press on the item, or press the green add button. After you add the book the explorer screen will close, and the file or folder will be loaded to your library. To leave the screen without loading anything, press your devices Back button.

Please note that only files whose extensions appear in Audio Extensions (see Settings Screen Library Tab) will be shown or added to the library. If you have a file of a format that is playable by your device (e.g., AWB or WAV), add its extension to the Audio Extensions list and it will be available for adding to the library. Such files will use the folders name as the title and the files name as the chapter name (in case there are multiple files in the same folder and they are merged into a single book).

Top Row
The explorers top row has an indication of the current folder at the left. At the right of the top row is a button allowing you to set the current folder as root, thereby causing future Add actions to start from that folder.

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Editing a Book
Press a books edit button, or long-click the item and select Edit to open the Edit screen.

were added from image files or downloaded from the web, and not covers inherent to the book.

Disabling a Cover
You can disable or enable the use of any cover by toggling the button on the top right. Disabled covers will be partially masked to indicate that they will not be used (see more at Appendix C Covers)

Adding a Cover from a File

To add a cover from a file, press the green button on the top left. This will launch a file explorer window.

Actions
Saving your Changes
To save the changes you made in the Edit screen press the Submit button at the bottom.

Discarding your Changes

To leave the Edit screen without saving your changes press the Cancel button at the bottom.

The top part of the Edit screen contains four book properties which you might edit. These are the books title, author, genre and year of publication. Below the properties are the books covers (rifle through them by scrolling sideways).

Removing a Book
Navigate the explorer into the desired folder by pressing folder names. To go to the parent folder press the Up to item at the top. Image files will be shown (depending on supported cover formats, see Settings Screen) with their thumbnail on the left and a green button on the right. Perform a long press on the item, or press the button to add the image to the books covers. To remove a book from the library press the Remove button at the bottom. To remove all the books from the library or those whose audio files are no longer available, see the options in the Library Screen Menu. Note removing a book will not remove any of your audio of image files. The only changes are to the players internal database. Covers which you have downloaded from the internet and are no longer in use will also be removed at this time

Downloading a Cover
To automatically download a books cover, press the button on the bottom right. This will launch an internet search for suitable covers. See more about covers at Appendix C Covers

Deleting a Cover
To remove a books cover, press the button at the bottom right. Note that you can only remove covers that

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Book Information
Press a books info button or long-click the item and select Information to open the Information screen.
Table 1 Book Information Attributes

Attribute Last Played Position Genre Year Format Files Bookmarks Covers Volume Added to Library Last Update Internal Key

Description Date in which the book was last played The books last play position The books genre The books publication year The books audio format Number of audio files comprising this book Number of bookmarks set in this book Number of cover images available for this book The books audio volume (in a scale of 0 to 15) Date in which the book was added Date in which the book data was last changed Internal book key. For advanced use only.

The top part of the screen displays the books title, author and duration. Below it are the books covers (rifle through them by scrolling sideways). At the bottom is a scrollable list of the books attributes.

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Library Screen Menu

The library screen menu (shown when you press your devices Menu button) contains the following options:

Add File/Folder
Use this option to add books to the library. This is identical to the button at the top of the Library screen.

Download Covers
Use this option to automatically download covers to all the books in your library currently without a cover. Pressing Download Covers will launch an internet search for suitable covers. You can determine the number of covers to download in Settings Screen (the default is a single cover per book). Note that the search will only encompass books without covers.

Sort
Use this option to change the order of the books in your library. This will open a dialog containing the sort criteria. You can define up to three criteria, in decreasing priority. For each criterion you can select whether to show the data in ascending order (A-Z) or descending order (Z-A). Pressing a criterion button will open up a dialog allowing you to change it.
Table 2 Library Sort Criteria

Criterion Name N/A Added to Library Duration Last Played Last Update Title Author Genre Year

Description Do not use this criterion The date and time in which the book was added to the library The books duration The date and time in which the book was last played The date and time in which the book data was last changed The books title The books author/artist The books genre The books publication year

Rescan Library
Use this option to rescan your library, and remove any books whose audio files are missing. This is useful in case you deleted some audio files from your storage space and want to remove all the redundant library books at once (instead of going over them one-by-one).

Clear Library
Use this option to remove all the books, and clear the library altogether. After you press this you will be prompted to approve removal of all the books from the library. Note clearing the library will not remove any of your audio of image files. The only changes are to the players internal database. Covers which you have downloaded from the internet and are no longer in use will also be removed at this time.

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Settings Screen
The Settings screen allows you to configure the applications looks and behavior. To access the Settings screen pull up the menu in the Player screen (press your devices menu button), and select Settings. The Settings screen contains of three tabs: player, library and accessibility.

Player Tab
The left tab controls the behavior of the main Player Screen.

Determines whether to lock the step in Lock mode. Size Determines the step size. Press the button to change the size.

Display Step Size

Determines whether the text showing the step size is displayed in the player below the step button.

No book loaded the player screen will be empty. Load Last Book loads the last played book paused. Resume Last Book loads and plays the last played book.

Volume per Book

Determines whether the Player will maintain and use the last used volume setting per book.

Big Play Button

Determines if the Play/Pause button is large or normalsized.

Audio Stream
Determines the audio stream through which the audio is played. Normally this is the devices Music stream, but you can change it to Voice, which will use the phones voice-call stream (this may help if you want to send the audio over Bluetooth to the headset). Note: changing this requires completely shutting down and restarting the app.

Show Notification Icon

Determines whether to show the icon and message in the notification bar when a book is playing.

Show Sleep Button

Determines whether to show the sleep button in the player screen.

Step Configuration
The table at the top of the Player allows you to configure the visibility and behavior of the Step buttons. For each step button you can configure the following: Show Determines whether the step button will be available in the player screen. Lock

Show Bookmark Button

Determines whether to show the bookmark button in the player screen.

Previous Chapter at
Determines how many seconds must elapse in a chapter in order for the Previous Chapter button to seek to the beginning of the current chapter (and not to the previous chapter).

Max. Bookmarks
Determines the maximum number of bookmarks kept per book.

On Startup
Determines behavior on startup:

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Library Tab
The middle tab controls the behavior of the Library Screen.

the same title, but are each a show in its own. To that end you can configure the librarys merging behavior.

Determines how many covers per book will be downloaded from the web.

Audio Root Folder

Determines the initial folder when adding books to the library.

Allow Merging by Title

This will enable merging by title (unless where prohibited by the following settings).

Covers Root Folder

Determines the initial folder when adding book covers from a file.

Allow Merging MP3

This will allow merging MP3 files (assuming Allow Merging by Title is enabled).

Audio Extensions
Advanced. Contains a semicolon-separated list of known extensions of files to be added to the library. Edit this if you have files which you think should be played but their extension is not in the list.

Allow Merging MP4/M4A/M4B

This will allow merging MP4 files including M4A and M4B (assuming Allow Merging by Title is enabled).

Allow Merging Podcasts

This will allow merging podcast files (assuming Allow Merging by Title is enabled). A file will be identified as a podcast if anywhere in its parent directories the string podcast appears (caseinsensitive). For example: /sdcard/podcasts/file.mp3 /sdcard/my_podcast/3.mp3

Cover Extensions
Advanced. Contains a semicolon-separated list of extensions to be considered when adding a cover from a file. Edit this if you have images which you think should be loaded but their extension is not in the list.

Library Sort
At the top of the tab you can see the Library sort criteria. Set them to determine the order in which books are shown in the library (see Library Screen Menu).

Merging Options
You can merge files with the same title into a single library entry. This is very useful if you have a folder containing a book in multiple files. However, there may be times when you dont want to merge by title. For example, when you are loading podcasts, which have

Data Storage
This determines whether the players metadata (library, images, etc.) will be kept on the phones internal storage or on the SD Card. If you change this the library will be moved to the new location after you exit the settings screen.

Covers to Download

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Accessibility Tab
The accessibility tab controls the behavior of accessibility features (see Accessibility)

Controls Tab
The controls tab sets preferences for player external controls.

Headset Play/Pause
Customizes the action taken when the headset play/pause button is pressed.

Headset Stop
Customizes the action taken when the headset play/pause button is pressed.

Headset Prev
Customizes the action taken when the headset previous button is pressed.

Headset Next
Customizes the action taken when the headset next button is pressed.

Headset Rewind Mode

Determines the accessibility mode. You can customize the actions taken for various headset buttons and the widgets left button. The list of supported actions is: Disabled (no action) Pause audio play Toggle pause/play Switch to next chapter Switch to previous chapter Skip a small step forward Skip a small step back Add a bookmark Customizes the action taken when the headset rewind button is pressed.

Voice Track
Determines the voice track (male or female) when voice indications are used.

Headset FF
Customizes the action taken when the headset fast forward button is pressed.

Voice Volume
Determines the voice volume when voice indications are used.

Widget Left Button

Customizes the action taken when the widgets left button is pressed while a book is loaded.

Double Press
Enables or disables double press mode, which requires pressing a player button twice to invoke its action.

Headset Control
This enables or disables your ability to control the player using a headset.

Use Spinners
Enables or disables the use of spinners instead of dials throughout the player. Spinners offer better accessibility for visually impaired people.

Headset Hook
Customizes the action taken when the headset hook (to answer or hang up calls) is pressed.

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Actions
Saving your Changes
To save your settings changes press the Save button at the bottom right.

Discarding your Changes

To discard your settings changes press the Cancel button at the bottom left.

Resetting to Default
To reset the settings to the factory defaults (see Appendix B Settings Factory Defaults) press the Reset button on the bottom. The reset changes are only saved if you press Save afterwards.

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Statistics Screen
The Statistics screen shows some statistics about your audiobook listening history. It also allows you to reset or disable statistics collection. If any event, the data collected is only saved locally (in the devices internal storage) and is never broadcast outside your device. The statistical data is anonymous and doesnt contain any book specific information (such as title or author), but only the duration of listening per day.

Statistics
The main part of the statistics screen shows various statistics in four sections:

General
The general section shows the following information: Total listening duration Number of listening days Todays listening duration (so far) Daily average duration (counting only days in which the app was used) Listening duration since the beginning of the current month. Listening duration since the beginning of the current year.

Actions
The bottom section contains two buttons that control the statistics.

Reset
The Reset button allows you to delete all the statistics collected so far. Pressing the button show a dialog. Approve the action to delete all the statistical information (warning, this cannot be undone).

Stats Collection
The Stats Collection button toggle stats collection mode. When it is enabled (green checkmark) statistics are being collected. When it is disabled (red cross mark) statistics are not being collected.

Past Week
This section shows the listening duration for each of the past 7 days.

Weekday Average
This section shows the listening duration for each weekday (counting only days in which the app was used).

Weekday Average
This section shows the listening duration for each year.

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Widget
Akimbo Player comes equipped with a widget that allows basic play control from the home screen.

Installing the Widget

To install the widget perform a long press on an empty place in the home screen. Select Widgets from the opened menu, and select Akimbo Player this will install the widget. You can also configure widgets by pressing the menu button in the home screen and selecting Add. Note that you can set the widget to any of the home screens on your device.

Using the Widget

The widget contains three sections.

Left Widget Button

The left section contains a button whose action is configurable (in Settings/Controls). When a book is loaded, pressing this button will perform the configured action the default action is to rewind play position a preset amount of time (equivalent to pressing the Small Step Back button in the player). When a book is not loaded pressing this button will open the player.

Play/Pause
The right section contains the play/pause button. When a book is loaded pressing this button pauses or resumes audio play (according to the state of the button). When a book is not loaded pressing this button will open the player.

Book Information
The middle section shows the books title and author (or indicates that no book is loaded). Pressing it will open the player.

Removing the Widget

To remove the widget click and hold it. After several seconds a recycle bin will appear at the bottom of the screen. Drag the widget to the recycle bin to remove it.

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Appendix A Technical Details

Audio Formats
The player natively parses and supports the following audio formats: MP3 audio files MP4 audio files M4A (Apple Lossless Audio File) M4B (MPEG-4 Audio Book File) Vorbis (.ogg) audio files Two more formats are supported by the parser, but you may need to download additional software so that your device can play them: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) WMA (Windows Media Audio) In addition, any other format supported on your device may be played. It will be parsed using the folder name as the title, and the file name as the chapter name.

Chapters
The player supports most chaptering methods in audio book files (M4A, M4B). If chaptering is not supported the player will treat each file as a single chapter (without impeding audio play).

Covers
The player supports most inherent audio book file covers. In addition you can add covers from image files or download covers automatically from the web.

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Appendix B Settings Factory Defaults

Following is a list of the factory defaults to all the attributes shown in the settings screen. Pressing Reset button will revert to these values.
Table 3 Settings Factory Defaults

Tab Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Player Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Accessibility Accessibility Accessibility Accessibility Controls Controls Controls Controls Controls Controls Controls Controls Controls

Parameter Show Step Lock Step Step Size Display Step Size Big Play Button Display Notification Icon Display Sleep Button Display Bookmark Button Max. Bookmarks Startup Mode Volume per Book Previous Chapter at Sort Criterion #1 Sort Criterion #2 Sort Criterion #3 Allow Merging by Title Allow Merging MP3 Allow Merging MP4/M4B/M4A Allow Merging Podcasts Data Storage Covers to Download Audio Root Folder Covers Root Folder Audio Extensions Cover Extensions Mode Voice Track Voice Volume Double Press Headset Headset Hook Headset Play/Pause Headset Stop Headset Prev Headset Next Headset Rewind Headset FF Widget Left Button

Default Value Enabled for all steps Enabled for all except Small Step Back 10 seconds for small steps, 1 minute for large steps Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 5 Resume Last Book Enabled 3 seconds Author in ascending order Title in ascending order N/A Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Internal Storage 1 /sdcard/ /sdcard/ MP4;M4A;M4B;MP3;OGG;WMA;FLAC; JPG;JPEG;BMP;GIF;PNG; None Male voice track 8 Disabled Disabled Disabled Toggle Play/Pause Pause Previous Chapter Next Chapter Step Back Step Forward Step Back

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Appendix C Covers
When you press the cover search button in the Book Editing screen, or select the Download Covers option in the Library screen, Akimbo App will initiate a web search to download suitable covers. The search is based on each books updated Title and Author. You can configure the number of covers to load for each book in the Settings screen. When the Download Covers option for the entire library is chosen, only books without covers will take part in the search. The search automatically ignores numbers at the beginning of the books title. For example, if your title is 04 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the search will actually be for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You can disable or enable any cover of a book (see Library Screen, Editing a Book). The icon shown next to a book in the library screen will be the first enabled cover. In the Player screen covers cycle with each chapter. If the chapter has an inherent cover it will be shown. Otherwise, a cover from the list of the books enabled cover will be shown.

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Appendix D Advanced Information

Important: access the applications internal data at your own risk, and only if you know what you are doing. Always take care to back up any data you may irrevocably harm. When using the phones internal storage, the applications internal files are kept in the devices data folder (this is usually /data/data), under com.akimbo.abp/app_audiobookplayer subfolder. When using the SD card they are kept in /sdcard/.Akimbo

Library
The library is kept in the file library.dat. This is an internal serialization of java objects, and should not be opened or modified manually. If you have a problem with your library file, send it to akimboapp@gmail.com and we will do our best to try and assist you.

Book User Data

Any user data information (last played, last position, volume, etc.) is kept per book inside the userdata folder. Each books user data is kept in a file called ####.dat, where #### is the books internal key (which you can see in Book Information). If you delete a user file, the application will revert to use the default user data for the corresponding book. Each file is an internal serialization of java objects, and should not be opened or modified manually. If you have a problem with your library file, send it to akimboapp@gmail.com and we will do our best to try and assist you.

Images
Downloaded images and images extracted from inside audio files are kept in the images folder. The file name is made of the images length (in bytes), followed by an underscore and the image data MD5 hash.

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Credits and Support Credits

This software was developed by Akimbo App, copyright 2011. Special thanks to HK for advice, testing and support. Development was done using JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) Thanks to J. J. Meddaugh and eyes-free (http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/) for accessibility suggestions and support. Audio metadata parsing is based on Jaudiotagger (http://www.jthink.net/jaudiotagger/) Icons by http://dryicons.com Wheel widget design uses android-wheel (http://code.google.com/p/android-wheel/)

Troubleshooting
The troubleshooting section was moved to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZaoXiOZK0zlhw4gOq_bFmeihZvYj9f9_NwrhbCLlM9k/view?hl=en

Support
Bugs, feature requests, and any other matters can be reported by e-mail to akimbo.app@gmail.com. Please try to be as specific and explicit as possible in your mail, and provide the application version and all the relevant information. Visit Akimbo App Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/AkimboApp/191241390898010

Version Changes
Added statistics screen Added big Play/Pause button Added bookmark to headset actions Added control of widgets left button Added option to disable selected covers Fixed bug of not saving bookmark/position until the library is saved for the first time after update. Added prefix removal to cover image downloader. Fixed some issues with the Pause on call received feature.

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