diff --git a/Control/Rematch/Text/Lazy.hs b/Control/Rematch/Text/Lazy.hs
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+-- |This module exports `rematch` matchers for strict Data.Text
+module Control.Rematch.Text.Lazy where
+import Data.Text.Lazy
+import Data.Char(isSpace)
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as T
+import Control.Rematch(Matcher(..), standardMismatch)
+
+-- |matchers if the input begins with some Text
+-- becomes success
+startsWith :: Text -> Matcher Text
+startsWith t = Matcher {
+    match = isPrefixOf t
+  , description = "startsWith " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input ends with some Text
+endsWith :: Text -> Matcher Text
+endsWith t = Matcher {
+    match = isSuffixOf t
+  , description = "endsWith " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input contains some Text
+containsText :: Text -> Matcher Text
+containsText t = Matcher {
+    match = isInfixOf t
+  , description = "containsText " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input is equal ignoring case
+equalToIgnoringCase :: Text -> Matcher Text
+equalToIgnoringCase t = Matcher {
+    match = (== toLower t) . toLower
+  , description = "equalToIgnoringCase " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input is equal ignoring whitespace
+equalToIgnoringWhitespace :: Text -> Matcher Text
+equalToIgnoringWhitespace t = Matcher {
+    match = (== removeWhitespace t) . removeWhitespace
+  , description = "equalToIgnoringWhitespace " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+  where removeWhitespace = T.filter (not . isSpace)
+
+-- |matchers if the input is empty Text
+isEmptyText :: Matcher Text
+isEmptyText = Matcher {
+    match = T.null
+  , description = "isEmptyText"
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
diff --git a/Control/Rematch/Text/Strict.hs b/Control/Rematch/Text/Strict.hs
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+-- |This module exports `rematch` matchers for strict Data.Text
+module Control.Rematch.Text.Strict where
+import Data.Text
+import Data.Char(isSpace)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Control.Rematch(Matcher(..), standardMismatch)
+
+-- |matchers if the input begins with some Text
+-- becomes success
+startsWith :: Text -> Matcher Text
+startsWith t = Matcher {
+    match = isPrefixOf t
+  , description = "startsWith " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input ends with some Text
+endsWith :: Text -> Matcher Text
+endsWith t = Matcher {
+    match = isSuffixOf t
+  , description = "endsWith " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input contains some Text
+containsText :: Text -> Matcher Text
+containsText t = Matcher {
+    match = isInfixOf t
+  , description = "containsText " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input is equal ignoring case
+equalToIgnoringCase :: Text -> Matcher Text
+equalToIgnoringCase t = Matcher {
+    match = (== toLower t) . toLower
+  , description = "equalToIgnoringCase " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+
+-- |matchers if the input is equal ignoring whitespace
+equalToIgnoringWhitespace :: Text -> Matcher Text
+equalToIgnoringWhitespace t = Matcher {
+    match = (== removeWhitespace t) . removeWhitespace
+  , description = "equalToIgnoringWhitespace " ++ show t
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
+  where removeWhitespace = T.filter (not . isSpace)
+
+-- |matchers if the input is empty Text
+isEmptyText :: Matcher Text
+isEmptyText = Matcher {
+    match = T.null
+  , description = "isEmptyText"
+  , describeMismatch = standardMismatch
+  }
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2013 Tom Crayford
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/rematch-text.cabal b/rematch-text.cabal
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+-- Initial rematch-text.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further
+-- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                rematch-text
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            `rematch` matchers for Data.Text
+-- description:
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Tom Crayford
+maintainer:          tcrayford@googlemail.com
+-- copyright:
+category:            Control
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+library
+  exposed-modules: Control.Rematch.Text.Strict, Control.Rematch.Text.Lazy
+  -- other-modules:
+  build-depends:       base ==4.5.*, rematch == 0.1.*, text >= 0.10