Glossary
Beta
A test version of the app, marked Beta in Settings → Help & feedback. It has a floating bug button for reporting a problem.
Book of several files
An audiobook made up of more than one audio file: a folder imported as one audiobook, or a book made from a document, which is made part by part.
Chapter menu
The button in the mini player and the wide player's bottom bar that lists every chapter. See The chapter menu.
Continue listening
The band at the top of the library that resumes the book you played last. See The library.
Custom order
Your own order for the library, set by dragging books. See Arranging books in your own order.
Favourite (starred) chapter
A chapter you have marked with a star in the chapter list. See Chapters.
Follow (PDF)
The switch that keeps a PDF moving with the narration while you read along. See A book made from a PDF.
Follow-along panel
The panel that shows a book's lyrics or document as it plays. See Lyrics and reading along.
Hint
A short note above your books the first few times you use the library. See Hints.
Library folder
The one folder where all your books are kept. See Where your audiobooks live.
LRC
A common text format for lyrics with times, one [mm:ss.xx] time per line.
Lyrics offset
A shift applied to all of a book's lyric timings, to line them up with the voice. See Lyrics offset.
M4B
The usual file format for audiobooks: an MPEG-4 audio file with chapters. See Supported file formats.
Make audiobook screen
Where you choose how a document will be made into an audiobook. See The Make audiobook screen.
Mini player
The bar along the bottom of the library that shows the book loaded, with play and pause. See The mini player.
Missing book
A book whose file can't be found. It keeps your place and edits until you find the file. See Missing books.
Narrow window / wide window
Anansi Studio's two layouts: tabs and menus on a phone or small window; sidebars and panes on a tablet or computer. See How this guide is written.
On-device voice
A downloaded voice model that makes real audio files on your device. See Voices.
Pairing
Introducing two devices for sync by comparing a six-digit code. See Pairing.
Part
One piece of a book being made from a document: a chapter's opening, or one of its subchapters. Parts can be played as soon as they are made.
Read along
Following the narration in the document a book was made from. See Reading along with the document.
Read-aloud book
A book made with the system voice, read live each time with no audio file. See Books read aloud by the system voice.
Server
The device your other devices sync through. See The server.
Skip area
A box drawn over part of a PDF page so it isn't read aloud. See Pages (PDFs only).
Snapshot
One backup of your library, taken at a point in time. See Backup and restore.
Spines
The library view where books stand on shelves, spine out. See Spines.
Subchapter
A chapter inside another chapter. See Chapters.
System voice
Your device's own text-to-speech voice. See Voices.
Timed lyrics
Lyrics where each line has a time, so it is highlighted as it's spoken. See Lyrics.
Tip of the day
A short tip shown once a day when the library opens. See Tips.
Unwritten edits
Changes kept in the app that haven't been written into the audio file yet. See Writing changes into the audio file.
Welcome tour
The short guided tour shown on first launch. See The welcome tour.
What's new
The highlights of an update, shown once after it. See What's new.