I agree with Steve. As proofreading is necessary either way, it would be more efficient to have the hymns professionally copied to Finale or Sibelius. Once that is done, proofreading should no longer be an issue. Get it done right the first time.
On 19/08/2011, at 3:52 AM, Steve Parker wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
