To add my 2p as a newcomer, folks tell me I sing a lot better now I have thrown away the dots. I like the idea of a lap top but how would I fit it in my handbag? I use a palm too to remind me of the 50 or so songs I have learned in this first year and a bit of singing, and check the words sometimes before I sing. I can't see to sing from it even with my glasses, and I think if you want to sing you should be sharing it with the others and to do that you have to look at them. Not at the sky, the floor, have eyes closed or in a book but actually connect to share the songs you have chosen. If you have never tried it you should - looking at others can even help, Dave Fentiman was feeding me the words to a song I couldn't remember at Lancaster! I agree that having the words there makes you relaint on them, and then you can't find your place when you need it. I use pictures to link the beginnings of the lines to the songs then I can see the picture in my head to remember the order of the verses. A cloudy bear standing by a river, looking at a star, seeing a ship go by with someone rowing? Guess the song?