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+# About
+This is a bot for converting x- or z-sampa to IPA, or converting a custom ascii notation to standard PIE notation.
+
+Simply type your ascii inside // or [] with a prefixed x, z or p for x-sampa, z-sampa and PIE-notation respectively.  
+For instance:  
+x[sts_>q_hts_ht_hx] gives [st͡sʼqʰt͡sʰtʰx]  
+x/dZAn "m{d@n/ gives /d͡ʒɑn ˈmædən/  
+p[x2"owis x1"ek'wo:s-kve] gives *h₂ówis h₁é"kwōs-kʷe
+
+
+Guides to these systems can be found here:  
+X-sampa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA  
+Z-sampa: http://www.kneequickie.com/kq/Z-SAMPA  
+For the PIE notation:
+
+* a preceding " is acute accent
+* a following : is the macron
+* a following . is the syllabicity marker
+* h always becomes superscript and v is superscript w.
+* Palato-velars are marked with a following ' and x1, x2, x3 etc. yields the laryngeals, with x@ for the subscript a laryngeal, and xx for an unknown laryngeal.
+
+This is best learned by experimenting.
+
+These conversions were originally taken from [xsduan/conniebot](https://github.com/xsduan/conniebot). But have later divirged a bit.
+
+To use the bot I run an instance at [@wug:dodsorf.as](https://matrix.to/#/@wug:dodsorf.as), you can invite it to a room or DM it to use the converter. Or you can read the setup instructions below to host your own!
+
+# Setup
+1. Copy `config.json.example` to `config.json`
+2. Change the homeserver value to your homeserver api url (i.e "https://matrix.dodsorf.as")
+3. Change the token value to your users token. see https://t2bot.io/docs/access_tokens/ for how to get one.
+4. `npm install` and `npm start`
+
+You could also build a docker image but you're on your own there!
+
+# Development
+`npm install` and `npm start`
+
+If you use nix you can run shell.nix to get node and npm in your environment.  
+If you use direnv you can also load the shell automatically
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