diff --git a/conversions.cabal b/conversions.cabal
--- a/conversions.cabal
+++ b/conversions.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 34a788b41cd0ff6e77f9045d78ad27d946fd81ab9ce667cbb1bb61ec652e0ef5
+-- hash: af228e1e869b0fe72325cd5952e99544b520dbd169e234d7b914797a173c0792
 
 name:           conversions
-version:        0.0.2
+version:        0.0.3
 synopsis:       Injective explicit total and partial conversions
 homepage:       https://github.com/mbj/conversions#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/mbj/conversions/issues
diff --git a/src/Data/Conversions.hs b/src/Data/Conversions.hs
--- a/src/Data/Conversions.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Conversions.hs
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
 
 type ToText a = Conversion Text a
 
+convertText :: forall a b . (Conversion Text a, Conversion b Text) => a -> b
+convertText = convert @b . convert @Text
+
 convertErrorFromNatural
   :: forall a m
    . (Integral a, Bounded a, MonadError (UserBoundError Natural a) m)