Hi and welcome
I don't know what to suggest really, but I do know what you mean, lots of the tutorials etc are in video form. I think that some of Torley's have some text on screen as well as sound, but i checked some there and it does seem they are largely audio.
As far as I remember, you can pick up some really useful notecards wandering around NCI, so I would definitely try there. I got a whole series on editing appearances etc.
If you're interested in learning to build, visit the Ivory Tower, it's all done through notecards (again as far as I remember).
Good luck!