Latest updates on reading and audiobooks and things as such

Because some audiobooks or even books books on my local library website have been in high demand, I have had to go back to the old ways to read some of them. And because 'reading' reading is not possible due to my limited attention span and lack of motivation, I have to turn them into audiobooks. But how!? For that I've used the app @VoiceAloud, it's been mentioned on this blog in the passing, but in most recent days it's really proven its worth. While it's nowhere near as a traditional audiobook to be able to absorb a book's content, the fact that I'm reading at 2.5x+ means that either way it doesn't matter. I lose the cadence and the pace of perfect readers too, so it's like fine. The only annoying part is that the reader pauses after the A in the A.D treating it like an actual fullstop. But beyond that I haven't been able to find too many foibles in the strategy.

This has been coming up more and more in recent days, but audio to text medium for writing, and text to audio medium for 'reading' have been such a powerful force that I should explore more into the medium vs the message argument. Perhaps audio is really a better way to organize your thoughts, if you need to know what you're going to say in the next 30 seconds, you mind think before you speak? And maybe because audio at that quick of a pace needs attention to concentrate, it's more absorbing than reading?

So many variables worth considering. Seriously though, I should very much explore the audio recording -> blog posts path, that might be the pathway to future success and riches. If I'm driven enough, it's so much easier to do than proper writing, specially if I have good (written!) notes in front of me. Write in audio, edit in text.