In the Rolls-Royce-Limo line, there's a presumedly good scan-to-score utility included with the Sibelius notation product, and a "Professional version" that you can get for a few extra bucks.

There is also a program from the same people who make the plug-in for Sibelius that's designed specifically to scan to midi. There is a free trial version of the midi program, that might be of interest to some of our people, although I doubt many of us would want to pay the $149 for the "registered" full product.

From their site:

"Neuratron PhotoScore MIDI is the new scanning program for use with sequencers and MIDI software such as Cakewalk, Cubase and Logic. It turns printed music notation straight into MIDI files for you to play and edit in your sequencer.

"(N.B. PhotoScore MIDI is not for use with Sibelius, as Sibelius includes its own scanning program.)"

The link to download the trial version is on the page at the clicky.

The Cakewalk people had a Scan-to-Cakewalk plugin of their own that was significantly cheaper, but I couldn't locate it on their site last time I ventured in there. I downloaded a trial version to use with an obsolete version of "Cakewalk Home Studio" that came with a keyboard. I was not impressed with the scanning utility or with "Home Studio;" but I'm not really midi oriented so "your mileage may vary."

Several people have mentioned Sharp Eyes in previous threads, and a few have "promised to try it;" but I haven't seen much reported back here on how well (or whether) it works.

John