<s>
SmartScore	B-Application
64	O
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
OCR	I-Application
and	O
scorewriter	B-Application
program	O
,	O
developed	O
,	O
published	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Musitek	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Ojai	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartScore	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
MIDISCAN	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
line	O
was	O
later	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
SmartScore	B-Application
"	O
and	O
re-released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
98	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Power	I-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
1999	O
as	O
a	O
scanning/scoring	O
hybrid	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartScore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
which	O
performs	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
on	O
scanned	O
music	O
and	O
converts	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
digital	O
musical	O
score	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
as	O
a	O
MIDI	O
file	O
,	O
or	O
exported	O
as	O
MusicXML	O
to	O
music	O
engraving	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Sibelius	B-Device
and	O
Finale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
PC	O
reviewed	O
SmartScore	B-Application
in	O
2000	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
gets	O
the	O
job	O
done	O
easily	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
difficult	O
to	O
navigate	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
crowded	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Florence	O
conducted	O
a	O
performance	O
assessment	O
of	O
optical	B-Application
music	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
software	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
found	O
that	O
software	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
,	O
Object	O
Oriented	O
Optical	B-Application
Music	I-Application
Recognition	I-Application
System	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
SharpEye	O
2	O
outperformed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
SmartScore	B-Application
X	O
in	O
Music	O
Educators	O
Journal	O
found	O
the	O
scanning	O
performance	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
extremely	O
accurate	O
"	O
with	O
professionally	O
engraved	O
music	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
"	O
minimally	O
interpret	O
"	O
handwritten	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
