Akimbo Audiobook Player
5,000 - 10,000 downloads
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Akimbo player is the most comprehensive audio book player in the market. It is specifically tailored for audio book formats (M4A, M4B, MP3) and comes equipped with various features such as: identify chapters and covers in all types of books; maintain position and volume per book; partial speed control support (see below); allow numerous ways to change your position (from configurable step button to a “go to any position” dialog), bookmarks and more…
IMPORTANT NOTE: due to the differences in audio capabilities between different Android OS versions and device models, it is recommended you install the trial version before using this application, to ensure that your audio files are playable on your device: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.akimbo.abp.trial
Read the full manual at https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0ByHIlLQe6aBabWRJOVE2MFBDbVE&export=download&hl=en
Notable features:
•Supports all the major audio book and other audio formats: M4A, M4B (including iPod chaptered books), MP4, MP3, ogg vorbis.
•Reads cover images and chapter information from within audio book files.
•Parses WMA and FLAC (actual ability to play depends on your device).
•Maintain your last position and last set volume level for each book.
•Partial play speed control (IMPORTANT: requires purchase of Presto app and is limited to MP3 and OGG formats, will not work on M4B books).
•Allows bookmarks for each book.
•Configurable step buttons for quick shifts forwards or backwards.
•Easy to use “go to” dialog that will take you instantly to any chapter or position throughout the book.
•Home Screen Widget.
•Allows a one-click automatic download of covers for any book, or for your entire library at once.
•A configurable “lock” mode, which prevents accidental changes of position during play.
•Sleep Timer, pausing play after a specified time.
•Loads your entire library at once: offers a one-click scan of any folder tree on your device.
•The player screen offers a host of accessibility and experience improving features, including large-font and human voice indication (and approval) for your actions.
•Allows undoing and redoing any accidental change in position while listening.
For easy listening to your audiobook without looking at the screen (while engaged in some other action or for the visually impaired) it offers a range of accessibility features (including human voice indications) as well as an option to lock the player against accidental changes.
The player is highly recommended not just for audiobooks, but for any episodic format, such as music albums or podcasts.
A note on permissions:
•Internet access is only done at your express request to download covers (it is never launched without a user pressing the download cover button). No personal information is ever sent outside your phone.
•Access to your phone’s state is required to pause the player when a call comes in. No other use of this permission is made.
•Writing to the external storage is required if you choose to save the app’s data (library, images, etc.) on the SD card, instead of the device’s internal storage. No other use of this permission is made.
•Battery status and wake lock permissions are used to prevent locking the device (when configured by the user) when playing or when playing while connected to a power source.
Tags: akimbo player android, akimbo android, android akimbo, akimbo, akimbo audiobook.
IMPORTANT NOTE: due to the differences in audio capabilities between different Android OS versions and device models, it is recommended you install the trial version before using this application, to ensure that your audio files are playable on your device: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.akimbo.abp.trial
Read the full manual at https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0ByHIlLQe6aBabWRJOVE2MFBDbVE&export=download&hl=en
Notable features:
•Supports all the major audio book and other audio formats: M4A, M4B (including iPod chaptered books), MP4, MP3, ogg vorbis.
•Reads cover images and chapter information from within audio book files.
•Parses WMA and FLAC (actual ability to play depends on your device).
•Maintain your last position and last set volume level for each book.
•Partial play speed control (IMPORTANT: requires purchase of Presto app and is limited to MP3 and OGG formats, will not work on M4B books).
•Allows bookmarks for each book.
•Configurable step buttons for quick shifts forwards or backwards.
•Easy to use “go to” dialog that will take you instantly to any chapter or position throughout the book.
•Home Screen Widget.
•Allows a one-click automatic download of covers for any book, or for your entire library at once.
•A configurable “lock” mode, which prevents accidental changes of position during play.
•Sleep Timer, pausing play after a specified time.
•Loads your entire library at once: offers a one-click scan of any folder tree on your device.
•The player screen offers a host of accessibility and experience improving features, including large-font and human voice indication (and approval) for your actions.
•Allows undoing and redoing any accidental change in position while listening.
For easy listening to your audiobook without looking at the screen (while engaged in some other action or for the visually impaired) it offers a range of accessibility features (including human voice indications) as well as an option to lock the player against accidental changes.
The player is highly recommended not just for audiobooks, but for any episodic format, such as music albums or podcasts.
A note on permissions:
•Internet access is only done at your express request to download covers (it is never launched without a user pressing the download cover button). No personal information is ever sent outside your phone.
•Access to your phone’s state is required to pause the player when a call comes in. No other use of this permission is made.
•Writing to the external storage is required if you choose to save the app’s data (library, images, etc.) on the SD card, instead of the device’s internal storage. No other use of this permission is made.
•Battery status and wake lock permissions are used to prevent locking the device (when configured by the user) when playing or when playing while connected to a power source.
Tags: akimbo player android, akimbo android, android akimbo, akimbo, akimbo audiobook.
Recently changed in this version:
Library backup and restore options added.
Improvements designed to fix issue of skipping chapters/audio files.
Books near the end resume with at least 30 second of audio left, for better handling.
Comments and ratings for Akimbo Audiobook Player
(69 stars)
by Rhenzi Keys on 18/05/2013
Needs lock screen controls. Clunky interface, but I've gotten used to it. The configurable forward and backward buttons need to be much bigger. The letters on the settings selection dials are much too small. Speed control does not work. I've stuck wi
(69 stars)
by Clayton Cravath on 15/05/2013
No Bluetooth control support. Cannot play from widget. From a paid app this its close to theft.
(69 stars)
by Manuel Avellan on 05/05/2013
Compared to ios player- It will red allmost any format you throw at it. Sometimes it looses the space, and out of every 5 books I listen to it will forget all book marks. Still I used all other Android readers and this one was the best.
(69 stars)
by Andrew Morsillo on 27/03/2013
I find the UI obtuse and it looks really bad on my Transformer Infinity tablet. Also could not sort my files correctly and randomly sent the first file of each chapter to "unknown" so nothing played in order.
(69 stars)
by Seth Gustafson on 14/03/2013
Ive tried a few different audio book players for my m4a and m4b files and this is by far the best.
(69 stars)
by A Google User on 13/03/2013
Best audio book app on the market. Been using this app for 2 years now and have had few problems with it. And the few I had the developer fixed when I emailed them. I've used this on 5 different phones and haven't had any compatibility issues. Easy ui. A
(69 stars)
by CarolAnne Feehan on 18/02/2013
This is a great player and I use it almost daily. There are a few small things that bug me though that I would love to see updated. The font is so tiny that I have to find my glasses so that I can choose a file- so if I'm using in the car, this means that