| Program | Publisher/type | Input | Output | Platforms | Web site | Price (12/06) | Comments |
| Capella-Scan 6.1 | Capella Software | bmp, gif, pdf, png, PS, tif, scanner | Capella, MIDI, MusicXML | Windows 95 or above | www.capella-software.com/capscan.htm | $188 | Current version number is uncertain. |
| MIDI-Connections Scan 1.3 | CAS | tif, scanner | MIDI | Windows 95 or above | www.midi-connections.com/Product_Scan.htm | €108 | Main Web site is in German; some sections also in English. |
| MP Scan 2 | Braeburn Software | bmp, scanner | Music Publisher | Windows 95 or above | www.braeburn.co.uk/mpsinfo.htm | $125 | MP Scan is an add-on for Music Publisher; said to be identical to SharpEye. |
| NoteScan | AMNS | tif | Nightingale | Mac OS 9 & X | www.ngale.com | N/A | Bundled with Nightingale. The 1st commercial OMR software, but hasn’t been upgraded in years. NoteScan 1.04 (older?) available separately for $29. |
| OMeR (Optical Music easy Reader) 2.1 | Myriad | gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif, etc. (via QuickTime) | Melody/Harmony Assistant | Windows 95 or above, Mac OS 8.6 - X | www.myriad-online.com/en/products/omer.htm | $20 | Add-on for Harmony Assistant and Melody Assistant: Myriad Software |
| PhotoScore 4.2.0 | Neuratron | bmp, pdf, scanner | MIDI, MusicXML, NIFF | Windows, Mac OS | www.neuratron.com | $199 | Lite version comes with Sibelius |
| ScoreMaker FX Pro | Kawai | ?? | MusicXML, other(s) | Windows 98 or above | www.kawai.co.jp/cmusic/products/scomwin | ¥63,000 | Music scanning & notation program, sold mostly in Japan (and web site is in Japanese). ScoreMaker FX (regular) and ScoreMaker 5 also still available. |
| Scorscan 1.3 | npcImaging | tif, scanner | SCORE | Windows 95 & 98 | www.npcimaging.com/scscinfo/scscinfo.html | $595 | Based on SightReader(?) |
| SharpEye 2.68 | Visiv | bmp, tif, scanner | MIDI, MusicXML, NIFF | Windows 95 or above | www.visiv.co.uk | $169 | An SDK and a standalone command-line version are available. |
| SmartScore Pro 5.3.1 | Musitek | tif | Finale, MIDI, NIFF | Windows, Mac OS 9(?) & X | www.musitek.com/smartscre.html | $399 | Academic price $299. 3.0 Lite comes with Finale 2004 & 2005 |
| Vivaldi Scan | goVivaldi | bmp, tif | Vivaldi, XML, MIDI | Windows 95 or above, Mac OS 7 - 9.2.x(?) | www.vivaldistudio.com/ENG/VivaldiScan.asp | €119 | "Derived from SharpEye". May no longer be available for Mac OS. |
| Audiveris 2.4 | open source | ?? | MusicXML | Java | audiveris.dev.java.net/ | free | Licensed under the GPL. Despite the version number, does not appear to be usable yet. |
| Cantor | academic | ?? | ?? | ?? | N/A | David Bainbridge's 1997 PhD work. Apparently not compatible with current C++ environments. | |
| Gamut/Gamera system | academic | tif, png | GUIDO, MIDI, lyrics | Linux, Windows, OS X | ldp.library.jhu.edu/projects/gamera/ | In use by JHU/Levy project; based on Fujinaga's 1997 PhD work (AOMR/OMI), later work by Droettboom & Fujinaga | |
| SightReader | academic | tif | SCORE | DOS? Windows 3.1? | N/A | Nick Carter's 1989 PhD work |