# How to get a written manuscript turned into music?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-written-manuscript-turned-into-music/930342 "2021-01-12T17:14:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-written-manuscript-turned-into-music/930342/2 "2021-01-12T17:40:13Z")

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> [@An app that reads music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-app-that-reads-music/915692):
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> Is there an app, where I can point my phone’s camera at a fragment of musical notation and the melody would play on my phone? if not, why not?

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