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+import re
+
+
+def detectYears(input):
+    YEAR_REGEX = re.compile(r'(\b)(\d\d)([1-9]\d)(\b)')
+    return YEAR_REGEX.sub('\g<1>\g<2> \g<3>\g<4>', input)
+
+
+def clean(input):
+    """
+        Manually adjust output text before it's translated into
+        actual speech by the TTS system. This is to fix minior
+        idiomatic issues, for example, that 1901 is pronounced
+        "one thousand, ninehundred and one" rather than
+        "nineteen ninety one".
+
+        Arguments:
+        input -- original speech text to-be modified
+    """
+    return detectYears(input)