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Teaneck, New Jersey, listens as Merlin identifies birdsong using the app\u2019s text-to-speech function."></span></a></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#161B26'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:588px;border-spacing:0px'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FFFFFE;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px'><tr><td width=588 style='width:441.0pt;background:#FFF9F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 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