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Title of script : Overview of ABT

Author: Trupti Rajesh Kini

Keywords: Applications, Features, Installation, ABT, Accounting, free and open source software, SD card, NGO, Profit making, Proxy, abt.img, ABT.apk

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide 1	Hello and welcome to this series of spoken tutorials on Aakash Business Tool i.e. ABT
Slide 2 Learning Objectives	This tutorial is an introduction to Aakash Business Tool, ABT for short. We will also see some applications & features of ABT And learn how to install Aakash Business Tool on an Aakash tablet.
Slide 3 System Requirements	To record this tutorial, I am using ABT version 1.0 Aakash Tablet with Android version 4.2 i.e Jelly Bean and You can use any rooted tablet of your choice. To install ABT on your tablet, you will require a working Internet connection and 400MB of free space on internal/external SD-card
Slide 4	For more information on Aakash Business Tool, please visit the following links, https://github.com/androportal/ABT http://docs.aakashlabs.org/abt
Slide 5 Prerequisites	To learn ABT, you must be familiar with the concepts of book keeping.
Slide 6 What is ABT?	What is ABT? ABT is an accounting tool, which runs on Android. It is intended for accountants and accounts-students. It is Free and Open Source Software, licensed under GNU GPL version 3.
Slide 7 Who can use ABT?	It can be used by an NGO as well as a Profit making organization.
Features of ABT Slide 8	Now let us look at some of the features of ABT. The first feature is Maintaining Organizations and User authentication and role.
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	Here is a small video clip from the ABT series.
Point to slide 9	The next feature is Maintaining books of accounts
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	Here is a glimpse of that.
Point to slide 11	The next feature is how to Record, clone, and edit transactions.
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	Let us look at it.
Point to slide 12	Using ABT, one can record transactions under a project.
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	Here is demo of of how this can be done.
Point to slide 13	We can view various reports such as, Ledger, Trial Balance Cash Flow, Cash Book, Project Statement, Balance Sheet Profit & Loss Account
Point to slide 14	Let us have a look at Bank Reconciliation.
Point to slide 15	The Next feature is Remote access to ABT server.
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	We have a tutorial on that, too.
Point to slide 16	We can even export a report in PDF as well as CSV format
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	Let's have a look at that.
Point to slide 17	Next important feature is Export organization data to another tablet.
Point to slide 18	Next feature isRollover
Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.	This is quite a useful feature. Let's have a look at that.
	So, these are the glimpses of what you will learn through the ABT series of Spoken Tutorials.
	Now let's learn how to install ABT on a Aakash tablet.
Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options	If you work behind a proxy server, please ensure to bypass localhost in proxy settings.
Go to Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options	You can find the option under, Settings -> WiFi -> Advanced Options Fill the details.
	Add an entry of 127.0.0.1 to bypass localhost. You can skip this step for direct Internet connection.
Point to web browser	Open the browser on your tablet and visit this link: http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/ Search for Aakash Business Tool & tap on Download.
Point to sdcard location	Once Downloaded, install the apk file.
Point to ABT application	Open ABT application.
Point to the prompt	It will prompt that, File system does not exist! Do you want to download and install? Tap on Yes.
Point to progress bar	This will download abt.tar.gz file in your internal memory.
Point to extraction	After downloading the file, it will automatically extract abt.tar.gz.
Point to the prompt	After extraction, it will again prompt that the, File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot Please Reboot the tablet. This was the recommended method of installation.
Manual Installation Point to web browser	Now, we will learn how to install ABT manually. For that, Open web browser and download apk from this link, http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/ We will manually download abt.tar.gz file from this link, http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/Aakash/Apps/repo/abt.tar.gz If you are unable to download the file on the tablet, please download it on your desktop.
Point to sdcard	Copy the file to /mnt/sdcard of the tablet. Install apk. Open ABT application.
Point to extraction	It will start the extraction of abt.tar.gz file.
Point to the prompt	After extraction it will again prompt that the, File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot Now Reboot the tablet. Note: Incase there is not enough space in internal memory, Extract abt.tar.gz file on your desktop & Copy abt.img file to your external SD card.
Point to ABT application	Tap on ABT application. We have successfully installed Aakash Business Tool. You can see the information about ABT. Now ABT is ready to use.
	From the subsequent tutorials, we will learn how to use ABT.
Slide 19 Summary	In this tutorial we learnt About ABT Applications & features of ABT How to install ABT.
Slide 20 Assignment	As an assignment, install ABT on any rooted tablet by recommended method.
Slide 21	Watch the video available at http:spoken-tutorial.org/ It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
Slide 22	The Spoken Tutorial Project Team Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials Gives certificates to those who pass an online test For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org
Slide 23	Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org /NMEICT-Intro

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@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 Learning Objectives
-| This tutorial will give you  an introduction to '''ABT'''.
+| This tutorial is an introduction to '''Aakash Business Tool''', '''ABT''' for short.
 We will also see
-* some applications of '''ABT'''
+* some applications & features of '''ABT'''
-* some features of''' ABT.'''
-And learn how to install '''ABT''' on an Android tablet.
+And learn how to install '''Aakash Business Tool''' on an Aakash tablet.
 |-
@@ Line 34: / Line 33: @@
 | To record this tutorial, I am using
-* '''ABT''' 1.0
+* '''ABT''' version 1.0
-* '''Android''' 4.2 i.e Jelly Bean and
+* Aakash Tablet with '''Android''' version 4.2 i.e Jelly Bean and
-* Aakash Tablet
-You can use any '''Rooted Tablet''' of your choice.
+You can use any rooted tablet of your choice.
 To install ABT on your tablet, you will require
@@ Line 50: / Line 49: @@
 [https://github.com/androportal/ABT https://github.com/androportal/ABT]
-[http://aakashlabs.org/docs/abt/index.html http://aakashlabs.org/docs/abt/index.html]
+[http://docs.aakashlabs.org/abt http://docs.aakashlabs.org/abt]
 |-
@@ Line 56: / Line 55: @@
 Prerequisites
-| To learn '''ABT''', you must be familiar with the principles of book keeping.
+| To learn '''ABT''', you must be familiar with the concepts of book keeping.
 |-
@@ Line 63: / Line 62: @@
 What is '''ABT?'''
 | What is '''ABT'''?
-*'''ABT''' is a portable accounting tool, which runs on '''Android'''.
+*'''ABT''' is an accounting tool, which runs on '''Android'''.
 *It is intended for accountants and accounts-students.
-*It is free and open source software, licensed under '''GNU GPL v3'''.
+*It is Free and Open Source Software, licensed under '''GNU GPL version 3'''.
 |-
@@ Line 73: / Line 72: @@
 Who can use '''ABT?'''
-| It can be used by an '''NGO''' as well as by a '''Profit making''' organization.
+| It can be used by an '''NGO''' as well as a '''Profit making''' organization.
 |-
@@ Line 81: / Line 80: @@
 | Now let us look at some of the features of '''ABT'''.
-The first features are Maintaining Organizations and User authentications
+The first feature is Maintaining Organizations and User authentication and role.
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Here are small clips from the '''ABT''' series, on these features.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Here is a small video clip from the '''ABT''' series.
 |-
 | Point to slide 9
-| The next feature is Maintaining books of accounts
+| The next feature is '''Maintaining books of accounts'''
 |-
@@ Line 95: / Line 94: @@
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Here is a glimpse of that.
-|-
-| Point to slide 10
-| User is allowed to change the default credit/debit settings, by prefixing a negative sign during account creation.
 |-
 | Point to slide 11
-| The next feature is Record, clone, and edit transactions.
+| The next feature is how to '''Record, clone, and edit transactions'''.
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Let us look at a small clip of that feature.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Let us look at it.
 |-
@@ Line 114: / Line 111: @@
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Here is demo of how one can do that.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Here is demo of of how this can be done.
 |-
 | Point to slide 13
-| We generate reports such as,
+| We can view various reports such as,
 '''Ledger, '''
-'''Trial Balance(Net, Gross,Extended), '''
+'''Trial Balance'''
 '''Cash Flow, '''
@@ Line 130: / Line 127: @@
 '''Project Statement, '''
-'''Balance Sheet(Conventional or Sources of application and funds),'''
+'''Balance Sheet'''
 '''Profit & Loss Account'''
@@ Line 137: / Line 134: @@
 |-
 | Point to slide 14
-| Then we come to '''Bank Reconciliation'''.
+| Let us have a look at '''Bank Reconciliation'''.
@@ Line 150: / Line 147: @@
 |-
 | Point to slide 16
-| We can Export reports in '''PDF/CSV''' format
+| We can even export a report in '''PDF as well as CSV''' format
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Let's go and have a look at that.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Let's have a look at that.
 |-
 | Point to slide 17
-| Import/Export organization data to another tablet.
+| Next important feature is '''Export organization data to another tablet'''.
 |-
 | Point to slide 18
-| Next, '''Rollover'''
+| Next feature is'''Rollover'''
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Switch to the tab where this tutorial is and play it for 5-6 secs.
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|This is quite a useful feature.  Let's take a look at that.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|This is quite a useful feature.  Let's have a look at that.
 |-
@@ Line 175: / Line 172: @@
 |-
 |
-| Now let's learn how to install '''ABT''' on a tablet PC.
+| Now let's learn how to install '''ABT''' on a Aakash tablet.
 |-
 | '''Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options'''
-| If you work behind a '''proxy server''', then ensure that you bypass '''proxy''' settings.
+| If you work behind a '''proxy server''', please ensure to bypass localhost in '''proxy''' settings.
 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|Go to '''Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options'''
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|To do so, go to
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|You can find the option under,
 '''Settings -> WiFi -> Advanced Options'''
 Fill the details.
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 |-
 | style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0cm;"|
-| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Also, add an additional entry of '''127.0.0.1''' to bypass '''localhost'''.
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.05pt solid #000000;border-left:0.05pt solid #000000;border-right:0.05pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.097cm;padding-left:0.097cm;padding-right:0.097cm;"|Add an entry of '''127.0.0.1''' to bypass '''localhost'''.
-Skip this step for direct Internet connection.
+You can skip this step for direct Internet connection.
 |-
@@ Line 205: / Line 202: @@
 | Point to '''sdcard''' location
 |
-Now, from the downloads move the apk file to '''sdcard'''.
+Once Downloaded, install the apk file.
-Install the apk file.
@@ Line 213: / Line 208: @@
 | Point to '''ABT''' application
 |
-Now, open the '''ABT''' application.
+Open '''ABT''' application.
 |-
 | Point to the prompt
-| It will give a prompt that,
+| It will prompt that,
 '''File system does not exist!
 Do you want to download and install?'''
@@ Line 225: / Line 220: @@
 |-
 | Point to progress bar
-| It will download '''abt.tar.gz''' in the '''/mnt/sdcard''' location.
+| This will download '''abt.tar.gz''' file in your internal memory.
 |-
@@ Line 234: / Line 229: @@
 |-
 | Point to the prompt
-| It will say,
+|
-'''File system not mounted, device requires a reboot'''
+After extraction, it will again prompt that the,
+'''File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot'''
-Tap on '''Reboot'''.
+Please '''Reboot''' the tablet.
 This was the recommended method of installation.
@@ Line 246: / Line 242: @@
 Point to web browser
 |
-Now, we will learn how to install manually.
+Now, we will learn how to install '''ABT''' manually.
 For that,
-Download apk from browser as we did in recommended one.
+Open web browser and download apk from this link,
+http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/
-Now, here we will manually download '''abt.tar.gz''' from this link.
+We will manually download '''abt.tar.gz''' file from this link,
-If you cannot download directly on your tablet, then,
+http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/Aakash/Apps/repo/abt.tar.gz
-* Download them on your laptop and
-* Then copy it to '''/mnt/sdcard'''.
+If you are unable to download the file on the tablet,
+please download it on your desktop.
 |-
 | Point to sdcard
 |
-Place both '''abt.tar.gz''' and apk file in '''/mnt/sdcard''' location in your tablet.
+Copy the file to '''/mnt/sdcard''' of the tablet.
 Install apk.
@@ Line 270: / Line 269: @@
 | Point to extraction
 |
-It will automatically start extracting '''abt.tar.gz'''.
+It will start the extraction of '''abt.tar.gz''' file.
 |-
 | Point to the prompt
-| After extraction it will say,
+| After extraction it will again prompt that the,
-'''File system not mounted, device requires a reboot'''
+'''File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot'''
+Now '''Reboot''' the tablet.
+Note: Incase there is not enough space in internal memory,
-Tap on '''Reboot'''.
+* Extract abt.tar.gz file on your desktop &
-Note: If there is not enough space in internal memory, then you can place the extracted image file in your external sdcard.
+* Copy abt.img file to your external SD card.
@@ Line 292: / Line 295: @@
 You can see the information about '''ABT'''.
-Now '''ABT''' application is ready to use.
+Now '''ABT''' is ready to use.
@@ Line 298: / Line 301: @@
 |
 |
-From the next tutorial, we will learn how to use '''ABT'''.
+From the subsequent tutorials, we will learn how to use '''ABT'''.
 |-
@@ Line 307: / Line 310: @@
 * About '''ABT'''
-* Applications of '''ABT'''
+* Applications & features of '''ABT'''
-* Features of''' ABT''' and
 * How to install '''ABT.'''