w2v vectors are encoded in utf-8. When running python 3 on windows (North America), the default encoding used for opening files are 8bit Windows-1252 character set. Reading the w2v file thus throws a decoding error. Setting an encoding will ensure that the w2v vector file can be read. This is also referenced in issue #98.
w2v vectors are encoded in utf-8. When running python 3 on windows (North America), the default encoding used for opening files are 8bit Windows-1252 character set. Reading the w2v file thus throws a decoding error. Setting an encoding will ensure that the w2v vector file can be read. This is also referenced in issue #98.