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 sloth
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-|TravisCI|_
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-.. |TravisCI| image:: https://api.travis-ci.org/cvhciKIT/sloth.png
-.. _TravisCI: https://travis-ci.org/cvhciKIT/sloth
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cvhciKIT/sloth.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/cvhciKIT/sloth)
 
 sloth is a tool for labeling image and video data for computer vision research.