On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:36:03 David Fenton wrote:
Well, it turns out the SharpEye trial allows you to scan multiple
pages, so it seems it's going to work fairly well.
However, I must say the user interface is completely abominable -- it
looks like it was designed in 1993 and not updated since.
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I've been using SharpEye2 a lot this year (FinWin2008a) and whilst I
agree that the interface is horrid, it actually works well at
recognizing what's on the page. The translation of the XML files by
Dolet4 also works well with a caveat about music that is modal. Mixed
metres and time signatures don't phase it, but it can assign a major
or minor key to music which is not in that key.
The interface of SmartScore requires a lot of mousing and the tools
provided are not at all intuitive, but it is possible to develop a
reasonable work flow. It is also Windows only and as I'm now running
virtual Windows inside Mac OSX, I'm curious to see how it handles 64-
bit Vista, and have the translation into FinMac2009b via Dolet. The
Epson V350 scanner I use helps a lot.
None of which helps David, but scanning music is a viable option these
days.
Regards,
Rudi vB.
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