What is fastText?

fastText is an open-source library developed by Facebook's AI Research (FAIR) team, aimed at efficiently generating word embeddings and facilitating text classification tasks. Its functionality encompasses both unsupervised training of word vectors and supervised approaches for text classification, allowing for a wide range of applications. A notable feature of fastText is its incorporation of subword information, representing words as groups of character n-grams; this approach is particularly advantageous for handling languages with complex morphology and words absent from the training set. The library is optimized for high performance, enabling swift training on large datasets, and it allows for model compression suitable for mobile devices. Users can also download pre-trained word vectors for 157 languages, sourced from Common Crawl and Wikipedia, enhancing accessibility. Furthermore, fastText offers aligned word vectors for 44 languages, making it particularly useful for cross-lingual natural language processing, thereby extending its applicability in diverse global scenarios. As a result, fastText serves as an invaluable resource for researchers and developers in the realm of natural language processing, pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in this dynamic field. Its versatility and efficiency contribute to its growing popularity among practitioners.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, fastText provides an API

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Company Facts

Company Name:
fastText
Company Website:
fasttext.cc/

Product Details

Deployment
Mac
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Video Library
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

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