PhotoScore Ultimate 5 can read most printed musical markings, including: 
| 5-line staves (normal and small), 4- and 6- line guitar staves, 1-, 2- and 3-line percussion staves | 
| Notes (including appoggiaturas, cue-sized and cross-staff notes), chords (including stem direction, beams & flags) and rests in up to 4 voices per staff | 
| Accidentals and articulation marks | 
| Clefs, key signatures, time signatures | 
| Tuplets/triplets | 
| The format of the page, including the page size, staff size, margins, and where systems end | 
| Slurs, ties and hairpins | 
| Text including lyrics, dynamics, fingerings, instrument names, | | tempo and technique markings | 
| Guitar chord diagrams | 
| Various other markings such as codas, segnos, ornaments, pedal markings and repeat endings | 
| 64 staves per page | 
| 400 pages per score |
It can read the following handwritten markings for note entry away from a computer: 
| Notes & chords (including stem direction, beams & flags) | 
| Rests, augmentation dots (single and double) | 
| Sharps, flats and naturals | 
| Key signatures | 
| Slurs and ties | 
| Barlines, 5-line staves, systems of staves | 
| The format of the page, including the page size, staff size, margins, and where systems end | 
| Time signatures (calculated from the music - not specifically read) | 
| Tuplets (calculated from the music - not specifically read) |

A scanned page, with the staves highlighted 
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