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Need advice for transcription software

I am interested in software that can do two things (separate software is fine, for each "thing").

1) Accept a recording of a song, and then generate the chords from it in a chord sheet.

2) Accept a melody played from a keyboard or other device, and transcribe it in standard notation.

I know I could do an Internet search, but I find you have to download it, learn to use it, and half the time, the software isn't suitable.

Thanks -- in advance to anyone who has used such software and found it worked well for them. Very concerned about the accuracy of chord transcriptions.