Hi Greg, I'm not really sure about the state of OCR (and this is not a pitch for work..) but a pro copyist could do these very quickly. Probably as quickly as the proof-reading that will be required in any case.
Steve P. On 18 Aug 2011, at 18:30, Greg Scheer wrote: > One of my jobs is with Hymnary.org, which is an online database of hymns and > hymnals. This year we received an NEH grant to make available public domain > hymnals from various library collections. We have thousands of scanned pages > like this: http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/OGCS1902/page/83. Now we would like to > automate a process that would let us digitize the information on these pages, > essentially turning the page into a MusicXML and MIDI file. This will also > allow us to create a searchable database of incipits, etc. We have the > programmers to create the automation, now we need top notch music OCR. > > So my question to you is this: can you recommend a great Music OCR program? > > -- > Greg Scheer > Minister of Worship, Church of the Servant • www.churchoftheservantcrc.org > 3835 Burton SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546; 616-956-7611 > [email protected] * www.gregscheer.com * musicblog.gregscheer.com > > ============================================================= > "Violet, can you name a secondary color?" --Theo's art teacher > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
