Listening to an audio book is a great way to take in quality Christian content on the go: listen to an audio book through the Olive Tree Bible App while you're driving, cooking, cleaning, and more! We offer a variety of audio books, from lecture collections about the Bible and theology to audio books about many topics related to Christian life.
There are two ways to listen to audio book content in the Olive Tree Bible App:
Streaming: You can listen whenever you are connected to the Internet without having to download the audio. We recommend this option if you want to save space on your device.
Downloading: This allows you to listen to the audio offline, any time, anywhere. We recommend this option if you will be listening to your audio book without an internet connection.
In the steps below, learn how to stream and/or download the audio book and make use of its functionality in the app. The screenshots are from an iPad, but the functionality will be similar in all our apps.
Stream your Audio Book
Open the Olive Tree Bible App on your device and tap the Library icon.
Locate and tap on your audio book in the Library. You can be either on the 'Cloud' or 'Device' tab to access your audio book.
Tap the Play icon to play the audio book.
Download your Audio Book
Audio books can be downloaded for offline use. If your Library is in grid view, tap and hold the eBook and then select 'Download' to download it. If your Library is in list view, tap the options icon to the right of the book and select 'Download'
While the audio book is downloading, it will appear appear like this until the circle has completed, indicating a successful download:
You can now listen to your audio book without access to the Internet!
Audio Book Features
This screen is called the Audio Player screen. Each feature on this screen has been circled with a number so you can learn what each feature does.
1. The 'X' allows you to close the audio player screen to return to the text on the screen.
2. The arrow allows you to minimize the audio player screen so you can see text on the screen and listen to the audio book at the same time. You can tap the minimized audio player any time to reopen it to the full player.
3. The Options icon allows you to see and sort your bookmarks for the audio book, set a Sleep Timer, and view the book details, like the publisher, duration, and edition type (abridged or unabridged).
4. The bookmark icon allows you to add a bookmark to the audio at any time. You can see the list of your bookmarks and sort them in the Options icon (#3 above).
5. The Play/Pause icon allows you to play and pause the audio.
6. These buttons allow you to move the text back 30 seconds and forward 30 seconds.
7. The volume allows you to change how soft or loud the audio is.
8. The speed tab allows you to change how fast or slow the audio text is read to you.
9. On some devices, Connect will allow you to play the audio through a connected speaker set or Bluetooth device.
Conclusion
We hope that this introduction to using audio books in the Olive Tree Bible App has been helpful! You can find all of our audio books on our website!
Please note that we do not support audio on Mac at this time. If you have any more questions, please submit a request to our Customer Support team here. They are happy to help!