Update README.md

Author: kevinyamauchi

README.md

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 [link-tests]: https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-io/actions/workflows/test_and_deploy.yaml
 [badge-docs]: https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/spatialdata-io
 
-SpatialData IO for common technologies. Currently, we provide support for:
+This package contains reader functions to load common spatial omics formats into SpatialData. Currently, we provide support for:
 
 -   Nanostring CosMx
 -   mcmicro
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 There are several alternative options to install spatialdata-io:
 
-1. Install the latest release of `spatialdata-io` from `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/spatialdata-io/>`\_:
+1. Install the latest release of `spatialdata-io` from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/spatialdata-io/):
 
 ```bash
 pip install spatialdata-io