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+German lexicon for MaryTTS
+==========================
+
+[v0.1.0] - 2017-03-01
+---------------------
+
+### Initial release
+
+Functional parity with MaryTTS v5.2
+
+[v0.1.0]: https://github.com/marytts/marytts-lexicon-de/tree/v0.1.0