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 Tools to run biometric recognition experiments
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This package is part of the signal-processing and machine learning toolbox
Bob_. It provides tools to run comparable and reproducible biometric
recognition experiments on publicly available databases.

The `User Guide`_ provides installation and usage instructions.


Installation
------------

Follow our `installation`_ instructions. Then, using the Python interpreter
provided by the distribution, bootstrap and buildout this package::

  $ python bootstrap-buildout.py
  $ ./bin/buildout


Contact
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For questions or reporting issues to this software package, contact our
development `mailing list`_.


.. Place your references here:
.. _bob: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob
.. _installation: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/install
.. _mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/bob-devel
.. _user guide: http://pythonhosted.org/bob.bio.base