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 #Sample Apps for Affdex SDK for Windows 
 
-Welcome to our repository on GitHub! Here you will find example code to get you started with our Affdex SDK for Windows and get you started emotion-enabling you own app!
+Welcome to our repository on GitHub! Here you will find example code to get you started with our Affdex SDK for Windows and begin emotion-enabling you own app!
 
 OpenCV-webcam-demo
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 - OpenCV for Windows 2.4.9: http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/2.4.9/
 - Visual Studio 2013 or higher
 
-OpenCV-webcam-demo is a simple app that uses the camera connected to your PC to view your facial expersions and face points.
+OpenCV-webcam-demo is a simple app that uses the camera connected to your PC to view your facial expressions and face points.
 
 In order to use the project, you will need to:
 - Contact Affectiva at sales@affectiva.com to obtain the SDK.
 - Copy the SDK Zip file into ${SRC_ROOT}\affdex-sdk and unzip it there.
 - Download OpenCV package and extract it into ${SRC_ROOT}\opencv
-- Use affdex-win-samples.sln to build the sample app
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+- Use affdex-win-samples.sln to build the sample app