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 # transWhat
 
-for documentation look here: http://dev.0l.de/projects/transwhat/start
+transWhat is a WhatsApp XMPP Gateway based on Spectrum2                         
+
+## Dependencies
+
+* __Spectrum 2__ is a XMPP transport
+    Manual compile latest version from https://github.com/hanzz/libtransport
+* __e4u__ is a simple emoji4unicode python wrapper library
+    Install with `pip install e4u`
+* __Yowsup__ is a Implementation of the WhatsApp protocol in python
+    Use my patched version at https://github.com/stv0g/yowsup
+* __Google Atom and GData__ Python wrappers
+
+## Contribute
+
+Pull requests, bug reports etc. are welcome.
+Help us to provide a open implementation of the WhatsApp protocol.
+
+## Documentation
+
+A project wiki is available [here](http://dev.0l.de/projects/transwhat/start).
+A mailinglist for discussion is available [here](http://lists.0l.de/listinfo/whatsapp).
+
+A writeup of this project is also availabe at my [blog](http://www.steffenvogel.de/2013/06/29/transwhat/).