Boyohboyohboy, Photoreading your dictionary works - and HOW!!!
During the past week, I Photoread my Spanish dictionary a couple of times ('cos Paul Scheele suggested it in CD1...), keeping an eye on the possibility that it might just work.
Then this morning at the hospital, I calmly conversed with the Spanish-speaking doctor in Castilian. I had known a smattering of Spanish, having followed a course some time back, but I have always had to string the words behind each other before daring to express myself.
What a tremendous boost to my self-confidence (not to mention my already-overinflated ego)!
¡No es posible pedir mas!