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-In a recent release of RISE, there is support for automatically launching
-the RISE plugin when a notebook is opened. This repository demonstrates how
-to accomplish this for Binder.
+RISE allows you to quickly generate a live, interactive presentation from a
+Jupyter Notebook that is connected to the underlying Kernel of the notebook.
+Using a new feature for automatically launching
+the RISE plugin when a notebook is opened, RISE can be used to share interactive
+presentations that run in the cloud with Binder.
+This repository demonstrates how to accomplish this.
 
-To do this, add an `autolaunch=true` configuration
+To make your RISE presentation automatically-launch with it is open,
+add an `autolaunch=true` configuration
 parameter to a notebook's `livereveal` section in the
-metadata. When the notebook is launched, your
-presentation will automatically begin. E.g.:
+metadata. E.g.:
 
 ```
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 ```
 
+When the notebook is launched, your
+presentation will automatically begin.
+
 See the [RISE Documentation](https://damianavila.github.io/RISE/)
 for more information.