John Greschak - Finale Suggestion 488: Publish Benchmarks to Measure the Speed of Scanning-assisted Entry

No. 488

Publish Benchmarks to Measure the Speed of Scanning-assisted Entry

IWBNI there were benchmarks to measure the speed by which music may be entered when scanning technology is used.

The benchmarks could consist of a set of graphics files of excerpts of music scores representing:

Various Styles (e.g. classical, jazz, early music, popular, etc.),

Types (e.g. string quartet, piano, lead sheet, etc.),

Methods of Creation (e.g. scan of a handwritten score, scan of a non-computer engraved score, scan of a computer engraved score, scan of a Finale-engraved score, a Finale-engraved score saved as a TIFF file directly from Finale), and

Resolutions (e.g. 300 dpi and 600 dpi).

For each graphics file, a description of the process and equipment used to generate the file would be provided together with the time required to create the file.

Also, for each graphics file, a Finale file would be provided that was generated manually (e.g. by using the speedy entry tool or hyperscribe tool) without the use of music character recognition software. For each Finale file, a description of the process used to create the file would be provided together with the time required to create the file. These Finale files and timing results would establish a reference point to which the speed of scanning-assisted entry could be compared.