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# scipy.io.wavfile.read

`scipy.io.wavfile.``read`(file)

  Return the sample rate (in samples/sec) and data from a WAV file

  The file can be an open file or a filename. The returned sample rate is a Python integer The data is returned as a numpy array with a

  > data-type determined from the file.

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