Natural Language Processing with Flair

Chapter 3: Embeddings in Flair

Embeddings are a core concept of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks in Flair. Understanding how different embeddings work, what types are available and knowing what type to use in what scenario is important in becoming a seasoned Flair user.

While the framework offers a large selection of different embedding types, there is one that is absolutely essential and plays a pivotal role in achieving Flair's excellent performance on NLP tasks. This type of embeddings, called Flair embeddings, is referred to by the main author as the secret sauce of Flair. Understanding the ins and outs of Flair embeddings will help you better understand the success behind Flair across so many NLP tasks and allow you to choose the ...