What it reads
Every mark on the page has meaning — PhotoScore reads the mark, not just the notehead
Most scanners stop at pitch and rhythm. PhotoScore's OmniScore engine goes further into the detail that makes a score playable and editable, not just legible.
Notation depth
The detail beyond notes and rhythm
Ties, slurs, hairpins and dynamics, articulation marks, tuplets, grace and cue notes, cross-staff beaming, ornaments and pedal markings, double and repeat barlines, repeat endings, Coda and Segno, and the true length of an irregular bar — all recognised, not approximated.
Room for real scores
Up to 4 voices per staff, 64 staves per page, and 400 pages in a single score — enough for a full orchestral or choral work, not just a lead sheet.
Fine enough for engraving detail
Recognises note values down to a 128th note, up to three augmentation dots, and seven accidental types across eight clefs.
Reads handwriting too
NotateMe recognises handwritten manuscript as you enter it, not just typeset originals — useful for sketches, transcriptions and annotated parts.
Beyond the five-line staff
Guitar, percussion, and everything written above and below the notes
Guitar tablature
Reads both 4- and 6-string tab alongside standard notation, and recognises chord diagrams above the staff.
Percussion staves
Recognises 1-, 2- and 3-line percussion staves, including their own rhythm and articulation conventions.
Text in around 120 languages
Lyrics, titles and performance instructions — including bold and italic formatting — across roughly 120 languages, so a scan doesn't lose the words on the page.
After the scan
From image to a score you can actually use
Scanning is automatic — PhotoScore reads the page straight after scanning without you tuning scanner settings by hand, and opens PDF files directly with no extra conversion step.
The result plays back with Espressivo, a realistic-playback feature licensed from Avid Sibelius, transposes and prints like any notation file, and exports as WAV or AIFF audio for burning to disc. Send it straight into Sibelius, or save MusicXML, MIDI or PhotoScore files to open in Finale, Dorico and other notation editors.