Hello, Dave, You're a saint. Just picked up your emails and will try it out tonight when I have got the children in bed. Bless you. Kind Regards, Alison Trelfa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:35 AM Subject: [sib-access] Result of Scanning Your File > Alison, > > A little more information. I scanned in your PDF file using a product > called > Smartscore MIDI Edition Version 2.0. I think the current version is 3 or 4 > by now. It probably costs around $150 - $250 online. I first "printed" > your > PDF file to a tiff file, since SS MIDI cannot read a PDF file. The result, > after the recognition process as I reported to you off-list, was pretty > astounding. > > I didn't yet try to use the PhotoScore Light that comes with Sibelius. I > may > try it later, but I think since it's a free add-on to Sibelius 5 it may be > limited. > > I also downloaded the PhotoScore Deluxe demo from the Sibelius website and > gave it a spin. It allows use of a PDF file, which is very nice. However > since it's a demo, it would only recognize one page of the score and does > not allow saving anything. I think the studen version costs $99 and I'm > not > anxious to buy it. However the one page that did recognize sounded pretty > much like it was all good. > > I also have a copy of Sharp-Eye from Dancing Dots but I also didn't try > that > one yet, since my first attempt seemd to come out so well. > > Dave > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx