SharpEye is described as 'Music Reader converts a scanned image of printed music into a MIDI file, a NIFF file, or a MusicXML file. It allows direct scanning from TWAIN compatible scanners. (Most scanners are TWAIN compatible)' and is a music recognition app in the office & productivity category. There are five alternatives to SharpEye for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best SharpEye alternative is PlayScore, which is free. Other great apps like SharpEye are PDFtoMusic, SmartScore, ScanScore and Neuratron PhotoScore.
PlayScore uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR) to let you scan sheet music and play it on your phone or convert to MIDI or MusicXML.
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You often download score files in PDF format from the Internet, and youd wish to hear them?
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Scan, edit and transpose your music in just minutes. There is simply no faster way to get printable music into your computer. Band arrangements, operas, hymns, musicals, orchestral parts and scores appear on-screen in editable and playable form within seconds after scanning.
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With ScanScore you can scan sheet music and have them played to you. For scanning, you can use a smartphone, a tablet or a conventional scanner. Via the MusicXML interface you can export your notes to almost any music program and edit them further.
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PhotoScore is a music scanning program - the musical equivalent of a text OCR program. It is also able to convert PDF files to editable and playable notation.
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