can my computer read music notation aurally so i can hear the music?

I am not aware of any that work by a simple scanned copy of sheet music. However there are several music notation file formats and several applications that use them. Cakewalk is supposed to be quite good, but costs a bit. Soundgarden is pretty good and is a free download at

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/

but you have to hunt for compatible compilations or compile it yourself.

Hope this helps.

p.s. in response to a couple of the earlier answers, aural refers to sound as heard by the ear. oral relates to the mouth and is not a valid substitution here.

There are programs which will produce notation from sounds of music and it is easier to look at notation and produce sounds. The problem is getting it into the notation - do you want to "read" by scanning in a sheet of music and having it change it to computer notation.

http://www.tempomusic.com/finale.htm

esearch 'scan music to notation'

If you want to hand enter the music, see notes on the screen, and then hear it played, that is easier

esearch 'music note editors'

not really! You need to be able to decipher the musical notations yourself.

there's nothing standard on a microsoft computer that can do it. and i believe the same is true of a mac (though GarageBand may work) but there are programs you can buy that will do it.

no, unless you buy a voice program which a good 100 bucks

sorry but its orally and yes but you need a program such as sibelius (used widely in schools) (costly tho)

aurally?

What?