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+# LASPrs: Library for Acoustic Signal Processing in Rust
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+Welcome to LASPrs: Library for Acoustic Signal Processing. LASPrs is a rust 
+library that provides tools and measurement software that enables the acquisition
+and processing of (multi) sensor data in real time on a PC and output results.
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+The Python bindings of this library are available through [pylasprs](https://code.ascee.nl/ascee/pylasprs).
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