I should have been more careful with my phrasing. What I meant is I am much more aware of my own understanding, gaps and shortcomings and more actively involved in learning and processing information when I am reading. And I honestly cannot think of even consuming certain books with audio medium. As I commented elsewhere, "Gravity's rainbow" is one such book, in which for me, even a single page cannot be consumed using audio medium.
“if I don't understand I cannot move on to next step”.
I disagree that you can not move on. You definitely can. So your statement about what “nobody said” contradicts what was actually said.