[MusicTlk] Getting music from PDF

[Ella Yu]

Yes, as I said, if the PDF is kinda readable with a screen reader, it was
definitely exported from notation software, and the accuracy on notes is
95%+. That's called a vector PDF. But yes, scanned PDFs result in a lot
more errors and it really just varies from file to file.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM carcione--- via MusicTlk <
musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Some people here say that they lose a significant number of notes when
> trying to get music from a PDF.  I don't find this with Sharpeye.  I lose
> all fingering indications, but I seldom lose notes.  But that's from real
> PDFs, not PDFs created from a scan.  I don't know how the real PDFs are
> created-maybe with Finale or some other music program.  All I know is that,
> if I have a PDF that Jaws can read without using OCR, Sharpeye can deal
> with
> it.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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