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SmartScore X. Musitek/Distributed by eMedia Music Corp. System Requirements: Windows: Vista/XP/200x, Pentium 1 or better, 256 MB of RAM, 50 of MB disc space. Macintosh: OS 10.4 (Tiger) or better, G3 or better/Dual Core for Universal, 256 MB of RAM, 50 MB of disc space. Pro edition (Reviewed): $399.00; songbook edition, $199.00; piano edition, $79.00; MIDI edition: $79.00; guitar edition: $79.00.
The ability of the human eye to interpret abstract symbols such as letters and musical notes is something we have taken for granted throughout much of recorded history, yet only in the past two decades have computers been able to replicate this ability. In the computer world, we refer to this process as optical character recognition (OCR). And since computers have increased enormously in power over the years, we now live in an age where nearperfect character recognition by computers is all but taken for granted.
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