If you're wondering why this process takes so long…wonder no more:
I'm picturing a elderly man; each movement far too slow for the modern world. He's tucked away in a back room full of score print-outs, each of which he must manually enter. He labors over a single 10-key hardwired directly to NASBA's main computer hub, the Apple 2e. Licking a finger, he lifts a score sheet from the vast pile, and prepares to change someone's life. For better or worse he knows he must enter the score as shown. Each keystroke, although slow, has a historic record of perfection. He's never keyed an error. And so he sits, patiently and precisely entering each score. One, by one, by one…
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