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+// jQuery function to find all the text nodes inside an element
+$.fn.textNodes = function() {
+  // array we will store all the text nodes in
+  var ret = [];
+
+  // nodes we want to skip
+  var restricted_nodes = {'SCRIPT':1, 'NOSCRIPT':1, 'STYLE':1};
+
+  $.each(this[0].childNodes, function() {
+      if (this.nodeType == 3 && $.trim(this.nodeValue)) {
+          ret.push(this);
+      } else if (!restricted_nodes.hasOwnProperty(this.nodeName)) {
+          $.each(this.childNodes, arguments.callee);
+      }
+  });
+  return ret;
+}
+
+var textNodes = $('body').textNodes();
+
+var text = '';
+for (var i = 0; i < textNodes.length; ++i) {
+    text += textNodes[i].nodeValue + ' ';
+}
+// text is now a string containing the full text of a webpage with no html
+
+
+// see http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3.2#:visible.2F:hidden_Overhauled
+// for details on how jquery handles finding hidden elements