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 [![DOI](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06436/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06436)
 
 
-A Julia package for simulation, inference and learning of Hidden Markov Models.
+A Julia package for simulation, inference and learning of Hidden Markov Models with discrete states and discrete time.
 
 ## Getting started