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@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ To install as a package:
 pip install ojd-daps-skills
 ```
 
+Note: If you are using a conda environment you may need to do `conda install scipy` before pip installing this library.
+
 To extract skills from a job advert:
 
 ```
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 `pip install ojd-daps-skills`
 
-You will also need to install spaCy’s English language model:
-
-`python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm`
+Note: If you are using a conda environment you may need to do `conda install scipy` before pip installing this library.
 
 Note that this package was developed on MacOS and tested on Ubuntu. Changes have been made to be compatible on a Windows system but are not tested and cannot be guaranteed.