On 8/18/2011 1:30 PM, 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:
Hi David,
Is it now possible to do music OCR without proofing?
It's been a long time since I tried anything like that.
Steve P.
On 19 Aug 2011, at 12:39, David H. Bailey wrote:
On 8/18/2011 1:30 PM, Greg Scheer wrote:
One of my jobs is with Hymnary.org, which is an online database of hymns
I use SmartScore X Pro from Musitek. It works quite well, though I don't make a
huge use of it, I find that proofing is necessary and there's always a
work-around to do, as note correction and spacing among the else. Much depends
on the source's quality you are scanning and the quantization
No, just as with OCR for text, you should never simply convert and not
proof the conversion.
But I have found that for neatly printed originals there is very little
clean-up necessary. So with neatly printed but out-of-copyright hymns
you should have very little problem.
David H. Bailey
On
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:
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
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
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
