With this major release for iPhone and iPad, PlayScore 2 builds on its reputation as the most accurate Optical Music Recognition product today. PlayScore 2 version 2.8 adds not only improved accuracy, with hundreds of improvements, but support for lyrics, text and chord symbols. This makes the PlayScore 2 app ideal for choral singers and directors.
Here are the main improvements in the newest release:
- PlayScore 2 now recognises text such as lyrics, musical directions and chord symbols. These now appear in exported MusicXML.
- App now uses all available processor cores – builds a typical PDF at around 4 pages a second.
- Hundreds of accuracy improvements and more symbols.
- Accompaniment count-in feature.
- Auto-lock suppressed while app playing.
The most asked for improvement was actually the count-in feature. This lets you set a number of bars to be counted in by the app before it starts playing. People need time to pick up their instrument. The auto-lock suspension stops the device going to sleep while PlayScore 2 is playing.
The OCR text support means that lyrics, etc., are included when you export to a music editor like Dorico or MuseScore. With the improved accuracy and performance, getting from a PDF or music score to accurate, editable music is pretty well instant.
The new release comes completely free for new and existing subscribers. One thing to note: existing documents are not ‘rebuilt’ (reprocessed) automatically. To take advantage of the new features, tap the cogwheel ⚙ and then the recycle symbol 🔄. There is also a toggle to turn on text.
Read more at https://bit.ly/PS2iOSnew.
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