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Brief Guide and Licence for SharpEye

Optical Music Recognition (OMR) software for RISC OS

SharpEye converts printed sheet music into MIDI, Rhapsody 4 and PMS files.

This file contains a very brief guide to SharpEye, any additions or corrections to the manual, and the licence.

A printed manual is provided if you buy SharpEye. A version in HTML can be downloaded from http://www.hallas.net/sharpeye/.

Brief guide

Scanning

Scan at 300 dpi for most music. A higher resolution may be better if the music is printed small. The scan should be black and white.

Try to make the scan as straight as possible.

Start the conversion by choosing Read... from the image window's menu.

The Music Editor

The Adjust button is devoted to inserting new symbols. Use <Ctrl>-Select for multiple selections.

You'll often have to insert a symbol which is not quite what you want and then select and modify it. The black rectangles at the start of the score are for joining staves. You should normally join staves that belong to one instrument (usually a keyboard instrument).

Warnings about bars (measures) that SharpEye doesn't understand are shown at the end of each bar, and individual notes that are not understood are shown in gray.

Licence for RISC OS version of SharpEye

Copyright © 1999 Graham Jones, all rights reserved.

Terms used:

"SharpEye" refers to a music-OCR software system and its associated documentation and files, designed to run under the RISC OS operating system.

"Computer" means any single-user computer, workstation or laptop on which SharpEye can be used.

  1. The demonstration version may be copied and distributed freely. Any attempt to circumvent its limitations is of course illegal.
  2. When you have purchased a single copy of SharpEye, you may do either of the following, but not both: If this is not sufficient to cover the use of SharpEye that you are responsible for, you must obtain a site licence.
  3. SharpEye must not be used where its use would infringe copyright laws.
  4. It is entirely your responsibility to assess the suitability, reliability and safety of SharpEye for whatever use to which you intend to put it.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.


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