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 Version 3.0.2
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 **Bug Fixes**
-* Fixed bugs in the `ao`, `pulseaudio` and `sndio` back ends. Basically they were expecting default sample rate and depth information, and were terminating whne they saw explicit rate and depth data.
+* Fixed bugs in the `ao`, `pulseaudio` and `sndio` back ends. Basically they were expecting default sample rate and depth information, and were terminating when they saw explicit rate and depth data.
 
 Version 3.0.1
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