Since this sort of thing is of interest to some, I thought I'd pass this
along. From the JULY 6, 1998 issue of MacWEEK:
> Macworld Expo hits New York this week. [...] Musitek Corp. will preview
> software that scans sheet music. Described as OCR for music, SmartScore
> will read sheet music and convert it into an editable score and a MIDI
> file.
The text above came from
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/1225/nw_showpicks.html>, but the paper version
has an interesting screen shot, implying that the program can parse one of
Beethoven's sonatas, getting the slurs, ornamentation, dynamics, etc.
correct. No pricing or release date was mentioned, but a quick netsearch
turned up Musitek's website <http://www.musitek.com/> where they also have
info on "MIDISCAN for Windows", which---presumably---is the PC version
(now shipping).
I hope this is of interest to some, and my apologies for the off-topic
post. To bring it ever so tenuously back on track, ... no, I guess I won't
even try!
Eric
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