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+# Piper C++
+
+Supporting code in C++ for the Piper audio feature extractor protocol,
+primarily for making Vamp plugins work with the Piper protocol.
+
+Includes:
+
+ * code to adapt Piper messages to the classes used in the Vamp SDK
+
+ * a command-line converter between Piper serialisations (via Vamp SDK
+   classes)
+ 
+ * a server that makes Vamp plugins available via Piper messages
+
+Directories:
+
+*vamp-json* -- convert between Piper JSON messages and Vamp SDK classes
+
+*vamp-capnp* -- convert between Piper Cap'n Proto messages and Vamp
+ abstractions
+
+*vamp-support* -- support classes for the above
+
+*vamp-server* -- main programs for command-line converter and server
+
+*vamp-client* -- logic to make Piper servers available to Vamp hosts
+ through a Vamp-like API
+
+*vamp-client/qt* -- logic specific to hosts written with Qt
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/piper-audio/piper-cpp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/piper-audio/piper-cpp)
+
+## Authors and licensing
+
+Written by Chris Cannam at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary,
+University of London.
+
+Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Queen Mary, University of London, provided
+under a BSD-style licence. See the file COPYING for details.
+