If the tracks require renaming, then select Track Naming
in the Track Name
section and this will take you to a new page where you can cycle through the tracks and rename each track and assign them the appropriate heading level.
On the Track Naming
page, you can play the first five seconds from each track to give you an idea of what the title of the track should be. You can adjust the length of the preview in you account settings. Go to Change Account Settings for further instructions.
The beginning of the first track should automatically play when you open the page. You can also select the play
button in the player at the top of the page to play more than the first five seconds.
Rename the section based on what the narrator reads. For example, if the narrator reads the title you will rename that track to Title Page. See below for how to name different headings levels.
Title
can be renamed Title Page
. These should also be complete words and phrases with no abbreviations. For example, Chapter 1
is acceptable but Ch 01
is not acceptable. For information about the different sections you can find in an audiobook, please see the Audiobook Glossary
Chapter One: The Beginning
Chapter 1
instead of Chapter 01
.
Some audiobooks have multiple levels of navigation, and we can set these levels with Converter Plus. A common example is a book that has multiple parts with chapters divided within these parts.
For example:
You will need to establish the proper heading hierarchy, and have the proper names assigned to each heading. This will help the reader navigate the different sections of the book with ease, and also get a good idea of the overall layout of the title when they first open the book. Headings are the most important part to accessibility, so we want to get it right.
To rename tracks and levels in Track Naming:
Set Play Order
Track Naming
located in the Track Names
section.
At the top of this page is the player for this track. Below this there are 6 text boxes to enter the names of headings levels 1-6. Below this are two buttons, Advance
and Previous
, to help you navigate through each track as you name the tracks.
You will be entering the title of the track into the appropriate heading level. For example, the title of a book is part of the front matter, which is always set to Heading 1
.
When you listen to a track that is at Heading 1
:
Heading 1
text boxAdvance
to move to the next track.When you listen to a track that starts with a Part Section title, followed by a Chapter heading:
Heading 1
text box. For example, 'Part One: The Beginning'.Heading 2
text box. For example, 'Chapter One: The First Chapter'.Advance
to listen to the next trackHeading 1
blank and enter that Chapter Section title into the Heading 2
text box.Heading 1
along with the Chapter Section title into Heading 2
.Heading 2
as you did for the Part One, and remember to leave Heading 1
blank until you reach the next Part Section.If you have a book with Part Sections, Chapter Sections, and Subsections within the Chapters:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 3
until you read the next chapter, and repeat.Heading 1
text box blank until you find the beginning of the next Part Section.
When you have completed naming all the tracks and headings you will return to the Set Play Order
page. You can review the track names in the dropdown menu in the Play Order
section of this page.
You track order should be similar to the following:
If you make a mistake you can fix it two ways:
Track Naming
and advance through each track individually as you make your editsPlay Order
section
To edit a track title in the Play Order
section:
Track
dropdown menuEdit
Heading 1
levels, as they are part of the top level of navigation. To learn more about books sections, please see our Audiobook Glossary.
Below is a video tutorial for Heading Levels:
Once you are finished you can go to the Edit Track Names page to edit your completed headings.