PhotoScore Ultimate 5 from Sibelius is scanning software for Sibelius 5 software, providing the fastest way to scan music for transposition or arrangement duties. It can also scan music into other MIDI software such as sequencers, or used stand-alone to scan in, play back, transpose and print scores.
The software reads printed music in seconds. Not just the notes, but also slurs, dynamics, lyrics, guitar tab, chord diagrams and more. It also recognizes handwritten scores, allows for editing while PhotoScore reads in the background, and provides advanced scanned image management. The output can then be edited or transposed, played back, parts extracted and both the score and parts printed.
Automatic scanning and reading after scanning, including handwritten score recognition
Editing is possible while PhotoScore reads in background
Reads slurs, ties and hairpins
Reads text, including bold, italic, etc., and articulation marks
Recognises repeat endings, Coda and Segno, cross-staff notes and beams, ornaments (including trills, mordants, turns) and pedal on/off markings
Reads triplets and other tuplets
Reads guitar chord diagrams along with 4- and 6-string guitar tab
Reads 1-, 2- and 3-line percussion staves
Scans up to two-hundred page scores
Saves MusicXML and NIFF files along with WAV/AIFF audio files
Text recognition in up to 120 different languages
Universal Binary application
Plays back audio in PhotoScore itself