def normalizeFeatureText(value):
    """
    Normalizes feature text.

    * **value** must be a :ref:`type-string`.
    * Returned value will be an unencoded ``unicode`` string.
    """
    if not isinstance(value, basestring):
        raise TypeError("Feature text must be a string, not %s."
                        % type(value).__name__)
    return unicode(value)
Normalizes feature text.

    * **value** must be a :ref:`type-string`.
    * Returned value will be an unencoded ``unicode`` string.