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+# Olympus wifi
+
+A slop app to import photos from olympus cameras over wifi.
+
+## Building and stuff
+
+You need libawaita and libsoup and gtk
+
+`make` and then `make install` we don't need to get too fancy
+
+# Usage
+
+run the binary, connect to your camera's wifi network and then press connect. You can import photos to a folder
diff --git a/src/main.vala b/src/main.vala
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class ConnectPage : Gtk.Box {
         title_label.add_css_class ("title-label");
         append (title_label);
 
-        var subtitle_label = new Gtk.Label ("Browse and import photos from your Olympus camera");
+        var subtitle_label = new Gtk.Label ("start the wifi on your olympus camera. then connnect to the camera's network. then press connect to camera");
         subtitle_label.opacity = 0.7;
         append (subtitle_label);