PlayScore AlternativesMusic Recognition Apps like PlayScore

PlayScore is described as 'Uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR) to let you scan sheet music and play it on your phone or convert to MIDI or MusicXML' and is a music recognition app in the audio & music category. There are five alternatives to PlayScore for Windows and Mac. The best PlayScore alternative is SmartScore. Other great apps like PlayScore are ScanScore, SharpEye, Neuratron PhotoScore and OMeR.

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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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PlayScore alternatives page was last updated Sep 27, 2019
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    SmartScore

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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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    SmartScore Features

    1.  Support for VST Plugins
    2.  Support for MIDI
    3.  Save-as-mp3
    4.  Export to XML
    5.  Sheet music transcription
    6.  Export to PDF
    7.  Music XML Support
    8.  Export to MIDI
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    • SmartScore is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to PlayScore.

    • SmartScore is the most popular commercial alternative to PlayScore.

    • SmartScore is Paid and ProprietaryPlayScore is Freemium and Proprietary
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    ScanScore

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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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    SharpEye

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    SharpEye 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).

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    SharpEye Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image recognition
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    Not compatible with modern OSes.

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    Neuratron PhotoScore

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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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    Neuratron PhotoScore Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Export to XML
    3.  Export to MIDI
    4.  Sheet music transcription
    5.  Export to PDF
    6.  PDF OCR
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    OMeR

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    OMeR is the printed music recognition add-on for Melody Assistant or Harmony Assistant.

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