Listening to audiobooks engages a different way of thinking than reading the written word does. Listening to audiobooks is not reading.

That isn’t to say it’s not fun or interesting or a way to occupy your mind but it’s not the same as reading.

Please read. Listening to podcasts and audiobooks is no substitute. When you listen you’re thinking in a different way than when you’re reading and it’s important not to lose those cognitive capacities.

If you could read youd be very upset by my reply.

E: it’s really cruel to just make a funny one liner response to you. Reading and listening are two wildly different types of cognition. There is no argument against that and I don’t intend to engage with anything you present claiming otherwise. If you want to win an internet argument by having the last word about it, here’s your chance.

For your own sake please incorporate reading, actual looking at the written word and translating it into ideas, into your life especially if you’ve moved away from doing so. The process of reading has been linked in many studies with improved cognition as you age. For your own sake and the sake of the people around you, read. Do not fool yourself into believing that listening or watching is the same as reading. It will only hurt you and people who go by your example.

From Portuguese to English.

You could look at the screen, but there’s also braille terminal support.

Some people do tts but that’s questionable, even if you don’t recognize that audiobooks aren’t reading, why burn power doing tts when you could just dl the mp3s instead and make it easier on yourself.

Use ffmpeg to fix your files first so you have fewer problems.