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+**Software and hardware specifications**
+========================================
+
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr class="header">
+<th><strong>Chapter number</strong></th>
+<th><strong>Software required<br />
+(with version)</strong></th>
+<th><strong>Hardware specifications</strong></th>
+<th><strong>OS required</strong></th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2">1-12</td>
+<td>Python 3.8</td>
+<td rowspan="2">x86/AMD64 system</td>
+<td rowspan="2">Windows,<br />
+any Linux distro,<br />
+or macOS</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>Any modern web browser, <br />such as Firefox, Edge, Safari, <br />or Chrome</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+**\*Note**: The code in this book is in the form of Jupyter notebooks,
+and can be executed in Google Colaboratory. If you wish to execute these
+on your local machine, the (Python) package requirements are mentioned
+in the following section. Do keep in mind however, that these notebooks
+make extensive use of Colab forms, which won't be visible when executed
+on your local machine.
+
+**Package specifications**
+==========================
+
+| **Package required** | **Version**       | **Installation command (pip)** |
+|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
+| Jupyter              | 1.0.0 or higher   | `pip install jupyter`          |
+| TensorFlow           | 2.2.0 or higher   | `pip install tensorflow`       |
+| NumPy                | 1.19.1 or higher  | `pip install numpy`            |
+| SciPy                | 1.5.2 or higher   | `pip install scipy`            |
+| pandas               | 1.1.0 or higher   | `pip install pandas`           |
+| Matplotlib           | 3.3.0 or higher   | `pip install matplotlib`       |
+| scikit-learn         | 0.23.1 or higher  | `pip install scikit-learn`     |
+| shap                 | 0.35.0 or higher  | `pip install shap`             |
+| lime                 | 0.2.0.1 or higher | `pip install lime`             |
+| facets-overview      | 1.0.0 or higher   | `pip install facets-overview`  |
+| witwidget            | 1.7.0 or higher   | `pip install witwidget`        |
+
+**\*Note**: This isn't an exhaustive list of all the packages required
+to run the codes in this book, but only the essential and most commonly
+used packages in the book. You will likely encounter some more required
+packages as you read through the book, which you can install using pip
+or conda.
+
+**Additional requirement**
+==========================
+
+*Chapter 7*, *A Python Client for Explainable AI Chatbots*, requires a
+Google Cloud Platform account. For pricing details, visit:
+<https://cloud.google.com/pricing>.