ScanScore is described as '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' and is a music recognition app in the audio & music category. There are five alternatives to ScanScore for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best ScanScore alternative is PlayScore, which is free. Other great apps like ScanScore are SmartScore, SharpEye, OMeR 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.
PlayScore is the most popular Windows, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to ScanScore.
PlayScore is the most popular free alternative to ScanScore.
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.
SmartScore is the most popular Mac alternative to ScanScore.
SmartScore is the most popular commercial alternative to ScanScore.
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).
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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