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Listening to an audiobook with Aldiko

  1. Tap the cover image of the audiobook you want to listen to in the Home or My Books sections of the app.
  2. Tap the Play button. If this is your first time listening, playack will start at the beginning of the audiobook; otherwise it will resume from where you left off when you last listened.
  3. Tap the Pause button to pause playback, and tap the Play button to resume playback.
  4. Track your reading progress; the main playback progress bar shows your progress within the current audio track (an audiobook is usually made of multiple audio tracks). Your progress for the whole audiobook is shown under the audiobook's cover, as a percentage, along with the remaining playback time. 

The following playback functions are available: 

  • Timer: Tap to activate a timer so that audiobook playback will automatically stop at a set time.
  • Skip back: Tap to go back 30 seconds.
  • Skip
    Forward: Tap to advance 30 seconds.
  • Speed: Tap to slow down (down to 0.5x) or speed up (up to 3.0x) playback speed.
  • Back: Tap to exit the book and return to the previous page in the application.
  • Table of contents: Tap to access the book's table of contents and your bookmarks.
  • Bookmark: Tap to add a bookmark at the current position on the audio track.

An Internet connection is required to listen to an audiobook.

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