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Thread #53821   Message #831246
Posted By: JohnInKansas
20-Nov-02 - 09:31 PM
Thread Name: Tech: OK, I can do MIDIs. How do I post them?
Subject: RE: Tech: OK, I can do MIDIs. How do I post them?
Hypothetical question for Joe:

I've just received an "offer" from ScanSoft, makers of my favorite OCR program, TextBridge, to let me buy a new program that "prints to .pdf," which - because I use TextBridge - they can get for me at the special price of $49.99.

I visited the site of the "maker" of the software, and find that the "regular price" is $49.50, but:

If someone sends you a .mid file, you can use it to "lift the notes" into any of a whole bunch of programs. If they could send a .pdf along with it, with the lyrics synchronized to the printed dots - would that meet your needs?

I realize that $50 is still a big chunk for a lot of us, but it's a lot better than $200 for Adobe distiller, and some might find it worth it, if it's an "ok with you guys" way of working the lyrics thing.

I posted a note for the "techies" at Tech:Converting PDF Sheet Music, and the software is at Zeon DocuCom PDF Creator.

John
It ain't preferable, John, but it would work.
-Joe-