diff --git a/src/mapping.spec.ts b/src/mapping.spec.ts
index 226c182..9b091ba 100644
--- a/src/mapping.spec.ts
+++ b/src/mapping.spec.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import * as Y from "yjs";
 import {
   arrayToYArray,
   objectToYMap,
+  stringToYText,
   yArrayToArray,
   yMapToObject,
+  yTextToString,
 } from "./mapping";
 
 describe("arrayToYArray", () =>
@@ -222,4 +224,39 @@ describe("objectToYMap and yMapToObject are inverses", () =>
 
     expect(yMapToObject(ymap.get("map"))).toEqual(object);
   });
+});
+
+describe("yTextToString", () =>
+{
+  it.each([
+    "hello",
+    "rawr",
+    "goodbye"
+  ])("Returns a string with the same content as the YText.", (string) =>
+  {
+    const ydoc = new Y.Doc();
+    const ytext = ydoc.getText("tmp");
+
+    ytext.insert(0, string);
+
+    expect(yTextToString(ytext)).toEqual(string);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("stringToYText", () =>
+{
+  it.each([
+    "hello",
+    "goodbye",
+    "wrong",
+    "running out of things to type"
+  ])("Returns a YText with the same content as the string", (string) =>
+  {
+    const ydoc = new Y.Doc();
+    const ymap = ydoc.getMap("tmp");
+
+    ymap.set("text", stringToYText(string));
+
+    expect(ymap.get("text").toString()).toEqual(string);
+  });
 });
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diff --git a/src/mapping.ts b/src/mapping.ts
index 632d294..a194646 100644
--- a/src/mapping.ts
+++ b/src/mapping.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import * as Y from "yjs";
  * @example <caption>Nested arrays to nested YArrays.</caption>
  * arrayToYArray([ 1, [ 2, 3 ] ]).get(1).get(0) // => 2
  *
- * @example <caption>Object nested inside array to YMap nested in YArray.
- * </caption>
+ * @example <caption>Object nested inside array to YMap nested in YArray.</caption>
  * arrayToYArray([ { foo: 1 } ]).get(0).get("foo") // => 1
  *
  * @param array The array to transform into a YArray
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ export const arrayToYArray = (array: any[]): Y.Array<any> =>
  *
  * yArrayToArray(yarray1) // => [ 1, [ 2, 3 ], 4 ]
  *
- * @example <caption>Nested YMaps in YArrays are converted to objects nested
- * in arrays.</caption>
+ * @example <caption>Nested YMaps in YArrays are converted to objects nested in arrays.</caption>
  * const ydoc = new Y.Doc();
  *
  * const yarray = ydoc.getArray("array");
@@ -86,8 +84,7 @@ export const yArrayToArray = (yarray: Y.Array<any>): any[] =>
  * @example <caption>Nested objects to nested YMaps.</caption>
  * objectToYMap({ foo: { bar: 1 } }).get("foo").get("bar") // => 1
  *
- * @example <caption>Nested arrays in objects to nested YArrays in YMaps.
- * </caption>
+ * @example <caption>Nested arrays in objects to nested YArrays in YMaps. </caption>
  * objectToYMap({ foo: [ 1, 2 ] }).get("foo").get(1) // => 2
  *
  * @param object The object to turn into a YMap shared type.
@@ -134,8 +131,7 @@ export const objectToYMap = (object: any): Y.Map<any> =>
  *
  * yMapToObject(ymap1) // => { foo: { bar: 1 } }
  *
- * @example <caption>Nested arrays in objects are converted to YArrays nested in
- * YMaps.</caption>
+ * @example <caption>Nested arrays in objects are converted to YArrays nested in YMaps.</caption>
  * const ydoc = new Y.Doc();
  *
  * const ymap = ydoc.getMap("map");
@@ -151,3 +147,9 @@ export const objectToYMap = (object: any): Y.Map<any> =>
  */
 export const yMapToObject = (ymap: Y.Map<any>): any =>
   ymap.toJSON();
+
+export const yTextToString = (ytext: Y.Text): string =>
+  ytext.toString();
+
+export const stringToYText = (string: string): Y.Text =>
+  new Y.Text(string);
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