TEFview vs SM Music Reader

TEFview for iOS is an app that allows you to view, print and play tablatures created in TablEdit Tablature Editor on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. TEFview allows you as well to view and listen to ASCII tabs, ABC tunes, MIDI, PowerTab, GuitarPro and musicXML files. Specifications: - Supported file formats: TablEdit, ASCII, ABC, MIDI, Music XML, PowerTab, GuitarPro - Tablature and/or Standard notation display, - MIDI Playback with full speed control, - Ability to assign the volume and the MIDI instrument for any track in real time, - Metronome and count down, - Embedded Help, - Emails file as attachment, - File manager. - WIFI file sharing, Files app support - Subdirectory management - Playlist - extract the compressed tef files from a zip file - pdf export: the pdf can be emailed, printed to a compatible AirPrint printer or opened in a third app,

SM Music Reader is a free and fully accessible app for everyone to read scores written in MusicXML format. It supports drawing the score, playing and reading with screen reader like Voiceover, so both sighted and blind users can exchange the same score at the same time. The app is connected to Sao Mai online music library with thousands of MusicXML scores. SM Music Reader currently provides the following features: • Read music files written in MusicXML format, • Draw sheet music for exchanging scores among both sighted people and people with visual impairment at the same time, • Play MIDI files: o Play all, by part, staff, current measure and by highlighted passage, o Forward, rewind and loop playback, o Adjust tempo, customize metronome options, volume and select instruments’ voices for each part. • Support reading with screen readers: o View the whole part or selected staff, o Speak note by note and bar by bar, o Speak in order of by voice (horizontal) and by timestamp (vertically), o Speak most details of the score like directions, chords, nuances, slurs/ties, ornaments, fingerings/strings, lyrics, etc. • Braille music translation • Navigate to a certain bar or line, • Set bookmarks, • Manage your favorite lists and view the file’s details, • Access Sao Mai music sharing library, As a non-profit organization, Sao Mai Center for the Blind relies entirely on our sponsored projects and financial aids from donors. Therefore, your contributions, in any manner, will more or less help us maintain and develop this app, as well as other useful tools for the blind.