Aakash-Business-Tool/C2/Overview-of-Aakash-Business-Tool/English

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.
Maintaining Organizations Slide 9	Maintaining Organizations
User authentication and role. Slide 10	User authentication and role.
Point to slide 11	Maintaining books of accounts
Point to slide 12 Record, clone, and edit transactions.	Record, clone, and edit transactions.
Point to slide 12 Using ABT, one can record transactions under a project.	Using ABT, one can record transactions under a project.
Point to slide 13 We can view various reports such as,	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 Bank Reconciliation.	Let us have a look at Bank Reconciliation.
Point to slide 15 Remote access to ABT server.	The Next feature is Remote access to ABT server.
Point to slide 16 export a report in PDF as well as CSV format	We can even export a report in PDF as well as CSV format
Point to slide 17 Export organization data to another tablet.	Next important feature is Export organization data to another tablet.
Point to slide 18 Rollover	Next feature isRollover
	So, these are the glimpses of what you will learn through the ABT series of Spoken Tutorials.
Slide 19 Installation of ABT	Now let's learn how to install ABT on a Aakash tablet.
Slide 19 Recommended Method	First we will learn the recommended method of installation.
Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options	We need to install files on the tablet. For that we need internet connection. If you work behind a proxy server, please ensure to bypass localhost in proxy settings. You can skip this step for direct Internet connection.
Go to Settings -> WiFi -> Advance Options	You can find the option under, Settings -> WiFi Choose the wifi to which you want to connect. Long press on it. Choose Modify network. Enter the password. Check Show Advanced Options checkbox. Fill the details. Add an entry of 127.0.0.1 to bypass localhost.
Point to web browser Slide 20 http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/	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. Tap on the ABT apk file. It will give two options: 1.Package Installer 2.Verify & Install Package Installer means it will directly install the apk. Verify and Install means it will verify from google play first.
Select Package Installer	Tap on Package Installer. Tap on Just once. Tap on Install.
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 Slide 21	Now lets learn manual installation method.
Point to web browser Slide 20 http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/	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 web browser Slide 21 http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/AakashApps/repo/abt.tar.gz	Open the browser on your tablet and visit this link: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/AakashApps/repo/abt.tar.gz Save the file. Here we are downloading abt.tar.gz manually.
Point to sdcard	Copy the ABT apk file and abt.tar.gz to /mnt/sdcard of the tablet.
Point to sdcard location	Once Downloaded, install the apk file. Tap on the ABT apk file. It will give two options: 1.Package Installer 2.Verify & Install Package Installer means it will directly install the apk. Verify and Install means it will verify from google play first.
Select Package Installer	Tap on Package Installer. Tap on Just once. Tap on Install.
Point to ABT application	Open ABT application.
Point to extraction	It will directly start the extraction of abt.tar.gz file.
Point to super user alert	Grant permissions to superuser by tapping on Grant This alert will come incase you have upgraded android.
Point to the prompt	After extraction it will 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.
	In the subsequent tutorials, we will learn how to use ABT.
Slide 22 Summary	In this tutorial we learnt About ABT Applications & features of ABT How to install ABT.
Slide 23 Assignment	As an assignment, install ABT on any rooted tablet by recommended method.
Slide 24	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 25	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 26	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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