Python (nltk) - UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte

Question

I\'m new to NLTK. I\'m getting this error and I\'ve searched around for encoding/decoding and specifically the UnicodeDecodeError but this error seems specific to the NLTK s

Answer 1

I had the same problem with you. I use Python 3.4 in Windows 7.

I had installed the "nltk-3.0.0.win32.exe" (from here). But when i installed the "nltk-3.0a4.win32.exe" (from here), my problem with nltk.pos_tag was solved. Check it.

EDIT: If the second link doesn't work, you can look here.