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

Title of script: Overview of Aakash Business Tool

Author: Trupti Rajesh Kini

Keywords: video tutorial, Accounting software, Free and open source software, SD card, NGO & Profit making, Proxy Settings, abt.img, ABT.apk

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Slide 1	Hello and welcome to this series of spoken tutorials on Aakash Business Tool i.e. ABT
Slide 2	This tutorial will give you an introduction to ABT.    We will familiarise ourselves with the applications & features of ABT.             We will also learn how to install ABT on an Aakash tablet.
Slide 3	To record this tutorial, I am using, ABT version 1.0. Aakash Tablet with Android version 4.2 i.e Jelly Bean.
Slide 4	ABT can be used on any rooted tablet of your choice. To install ABT on a rooted tablet, you will require a working Internet connection & 400MB of free space on internal/external SD-card.
Slide 5	For more information visit the following links, https://github.com/androportal/ABT http://docs.aakashlabs.org/abt
Slide 6	To learn ABT, you must be familiar with the concepts of book keeping.
Slide 7 What is ABT?	ABT is an accounting tool, which runs on Android OS. It is intended for accountants and accounts-students. It is a Free and Open Source Software, licensed under GNU - GPL version 3.
Slide 8	ABT can be used by an NGO as well as a Profit making organization.
Slide 9	Now, let us look at some of the features of ABT.
	First, let see how to maintain Organizations.
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	Now, lets see a small clip about- User authentication and its role in an organization
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	Next, lets have a look at how to maintain books of accounts.
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	Using ABT, we can record, clone, and edit transactions.
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	We can also record transactions under a project.
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Slide	We can view various types of reports in ABT, such as, Ledger, Trial Balance Cash Flow, Cash Book, Project Statement, Balance Sheet Profit & Loss Account
	Let us have a look at Bank Reconciliation.
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	We can even export a report to PDF as well as CSV formats using ABT.
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Point to the video	Using ABT, we can export an organization's data from one rooted tablet to another.
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	Another useful feature is Rollover
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	The next feature is remote access to the ABT server.
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Empty Slide	So, these are the glimpses of what you will learn through the ABT series of Spoken Tutorials.
Slide 21	Now, let's learn how to install ABT on an Aakash tablet.
Go to the Aakash Tablet.	We need a working internet connection to download files onto the tablet.
Point to the proxy settings configuration	If you work behind a proxy server, ensure that, You bypass localhost under proxy settings. You can skip this step if you have a direct Internet connection. I am behind a proxy. So, let us learn to configure the proxy settings now.
Tap on Settings->WiFi Switch on the WiFi	You can find this option under Settings and WiFi. Ensure that WIFI is turned ON.
Long press on spoken_static.	Long press on the WIFI network that you want to connect to. I will choose spoken_static.
Tap on Modify network.	Then, choose Modify network.
Type the password.	Enter the password for the selected WIFI network.
Check Show Advanced Options checkbox.	Check Show Advanced Options checkbox.
Lets select Proxy settings as manual.	Choose Proxy settings as manual. Fill all the required details.
Type 127.0.0.1	Add an entry for 127.0.0.1 to bypass the localhost.
Tap on Save.	And finally save the details.
Open web browser on Aakash. Slide 22	Now, open the web browser on your tablet. We have to type this URL in the address bar http://aakashlabs.org/ac/iitb/.
Go to the browser Tap on Go.	We will download apk file from this webpage.
Scroll down. Tap on Download.	Search for Aakash Business Tool and tap on Download.
	It will download ABT.apk file to Download folder of internal SD card.
Go to File Manager->SD Card->Download	Go to that location. File Manager->SD Card->Download
Tap on ABT apk file	To install, tap on the ABT apk file which we downloaded.
Tap on Package Installer.	It will pop-up two options: 1.Package Installer and 2.Verify and Install. Tap on Package Installer.
Tap on Just once. Tap on Install.	Select Just once. Tap on Install. It will install the apk on your tablet. The installation process will take some time.
Point to the ABT icon.	Once it is done, the ABT icon will be available on the Applications menu. Now the Front End of the ABT is installed with the help of ABT's apk. Next lets install the Back End of ABT.
	There are two methods to install ABT's Back End. Recommended Method and Manual Method.
Point to the prompt  for superuser permission	If in case the application asks for superuser permission, say GRANT.
Slide 23	First we will learn the recommended method of installation.
Open ABT application. Point to the prompt, File system does not exist! Do you want to download and install?	When we open ABT for the first time it will prompt, File system does not exist! Do you want to download and install?
Tap on Yes.	Tap on Yes.
Point to the downloading file abt.tar.gz	This will download abt.tar.gz file in your internal memory.
Point to the extraction of abt.tar.gz	After downloading the file, it will automatically extract abt.tar.gz file.
Point to the prompt, File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot. Tap on Reboot.	After extraction, it will again prompt. File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot. Now tap on Reboot, to reboot the tablet.
Tap on ABT icon	After reboot, tap on ABT icon. You can see the information about ABT. ABT is now ready to use.
Slide 24	Now lets learn how to install ABT manually.
Open browser Tap on Go. Slide 25 for URL	Once we have installed ABT apk, Open web browser. Type this link in the address bar http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/AakashApps/repo/abt.tar.gz
Go to File Manager->SD Card->Download	abt.tar.gz will get downloaded to Download folder of internal SDcard. Go to File Manager->SD Card->Download.
Copy or move abt.tar.gz to root folder of internal SD Card.	Now copy or move this abt.tar.gz to the root folder of internal  SDcard.
Open ABT application.	Now, open ABT application.
Point to the extraction of abt.tar.gz	It will directly start the extraction of abt.tar.gz file.
Point to the prompt, File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot Tap on Reboot.	After extraction, it will prompt the message, File system is not mounted, device requires a reboot Now click on Reboot, to Reboot the tablet.
Tap on ABT icon	After reboot, tap on ABT icon. You can see the information about ABT.                 We have successfully installed Aakash Business Tool.
Slide 26	Note: In case there is not enough space in internal memory, Download and Extract abt.tar.gz file on your computer. Once extraction is done, we will get an abt.img file. Copy the abt.img file to the root folder of tablet's external SD card and reboot the tablet.
	Now ABT is ready to use.   In the subsequent tutorials, we will learn how to use ABT.
Summary Slide 27	Lets summarize, In this tutorial we learnt, About ABT Applications & features of ABT How to install ABT.
Assignment Slide 28	As an assignment, install ABT on any rooted tablet by recommended method.
Slide 29	Watch the video available at the given link It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
Slide 30	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 31	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 This is Trupti Kini from IIT Bombay signing off. Thanks for watching.

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