Greg, Many, possibly even most, of these hymns are already available in midi and text files on the web. Someone who knows the software (and, preferably, someone who has a nodding acquaintanceship with the hymns) could make use of those available files, compare them with the hymnals you have scanned, and put out new digitized versions quickly.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
