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+# GNU Taler Point of Sale merchant terminal
+
+This merchant point of sale terminal Android app allows sellers to
+
+* process customers’ orders by adding or removing products,
+* calculate the amount owed by the customer and
+* let the customer make a Taler payment via QR code or NFC.
+
+## Building
+
+You can import the project into Android Studio
+or build it with Gradle on the command line (from the repository root):
+
+    $ ./bootstrap
+    $ ./gradlew :merchant-terminal:build
+
+More information can be found in the
+[Taler developer manual](https://docs.taler.net/developers-manual.html#build-apps-from-source).