I see nothing at all in any scenario, including trying to remember eg my dead grandparents where clearly I would love to be able to do that. Aphantasia appears to be a spectrum from people like me, to those that see a vague outline ir blur of an object so some how have some detail.  In your case you can see letters but not a word, I see nothing but that doesn't mean you may not have aphatasia, as I understand it, just that it is not as strong for you. I have found that this affects many annoying real life things, such as putting names to faces, or in any way being able to visualise distance or estimate someones height.  I know 1m is just about my hip, but I cannot translate that into visualising how far 3m in front of me is. I have a tapemeasure.  That is my workaround. Also I am getting older and give less of a s*** so actually come straight out and tell people I don't remember their name.  For most people I work with in their contacts file I actually keep a note of things like looks like X, has Y kids, doesn't like to travel so schedule virtual meetings or go to them.  I think most of my colleagues would be horrified by this, but it is the only way I can associate the name and the detail with their physical person for any length of time.  Sometimes it can take years before I have instant recall of a name and  face, particulalry if I only see them intermittently        

I see nothing at all in any scenario, including trying to remember eg my dead grandparents where clearly I would love to be able to do that. Aphantasia appears to be a spectrum from people like me, to those that see a vague outline ir blur of an object so some how have some detail.  In your case you can see letters but not a word, I see nothing but that doesn't mean you may not have aphatasia, as I understand it, just that it is not as strong for you. I have found that this affects many annoying real life things, such as putting names to faces, or in any way being able to visualise distance or estimate someones height.  I know 1m is just about my hip, but I cannot translate that into visualising how far 3m in front of me is. I have a tapemeasure.  That is my workaround. Also I am getting older and give less of a s*** so actually come straight out and tell people I don't remember their name.  For most people I work with in their contacts file I actually keep a note of things like looks like X, has Y kids, doesn't like to travel so schedule virtual meetings or go to them.  I think most of my colleagues would be horrified by this, but it is the only way I can associate the name and the detail with their physical person for any length of time.  Sometimes it can take years before I have instant recall of a name and  face, particulalry if I only see them intermittently