We're rolling out Flat's own AI model for PDF and photo import, designed and trained in-house to replace the third-party engine used at launch. Owning the technology end to end lets us push accuracy further, broaden what we recognise, ship improvements far faster, and align results with Flat's own notation format so imports fit naturally into the rest of the product. This first release already reads much more of your music:

Broader notation coverage. Newly recognised:

• Chord symbols, properly encoded with their musical meaning as editable chords, not just plain text
• Measure repeats and rhythm slashes
• Tempo and metronome markings (with BPM)

Lyrics and text in more languages. Lyrics, rehearsal marks, and other text are recognised in Latin-script languages by default, plus Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

Truer to the original layout. Imports now follow the source score's layout much more closely, matching the number of measures per line, systems per page, and overall structure. This makes a real difference on large, complex scores such as orchestral works and multi-staff instruments like piano. It also supports more page formats, including landscape pages that weren't supported before.