diff --git a/docs/framework/public/components/annotatedtext.png b/docs/framework/public/components/annotatedtext.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..244e8077f
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diff --git a/src/ui/src/core/templateMap.ts b/src/ui/src/core/templateMap.ts
index 911fd6e3d..23b7d91ad 100644
--- a/src/ui/src/core/templateMap.ts
+++ b/src/ui/src/core/templateMap.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import CoreLink from "../core_components/content/CoreLink.vue";
 import CoreChatbot from "../core_components/content/CoreChatbot.vue";
 import CoreTags from "../core_components/content/CoreTags.vue";
 import CoreAvatar from "../core_components/content/CoreAvatar.vue";
+import CoreAnnotatedText from "../core_components/content/CoreAnnotatedText.vue";
 import CoreJsonViewer from "../core_components/content/CoreJsonViewer.vue";
+
 // input
 import CoreCheckboxInput from "../core_components/input/CoreCheckboxInput.vue";
 import CoreColorInput from "../core_components/input/CoreColorInput.vue";
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ const templateMap = {
 	switchinput: CoreSwitchInput,
 	reuse: CoreReuse,
 	avatar: CoreAvatar,
+	annotatedtext: CoreAnnotatedText,
 	jsonviewer: CoreJsonViewer,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ui/src/core_components/base/BaseControlBar.vue b/src/ui/src/core_components/base/BaseControlBar.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dc567a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/src/core_components/base/BaseControlBar.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<template>
+	<div class="BaseControlBar">
+		<button
+			v-if="props.copyStructuredContent"
+			class="control-button"
+			@click="copyToClipboard({ text: props.copyStructuredContent })"
+		>
+			Copy JSON
+		</button>
+		<button
+			v-if="props.copyRawContent"
+			class="control-button"
+			@click="copyToClipboard({ text: props.copyRawContent })"
+		>
+			Copy
+		</button>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const props = defineProps<{
+	copyRawContent?: string;
+	copyStructuredContent?: string;
+}>();
+
+function copyToClipboard({ text = "" }: { text?: string }) {
+	try {
+		navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
+	} catch (error) {
+		// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+		console.error(error);
+	}
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+@import "../../renderer/sharedStyles.css";
+
+.BaseControlBar {
+	margin: 10px 0;
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: row;
+	justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
+.control-button {
+	background-color: var(--buttonColor);
+	border: none;
+	border-radius: 8px;
+	color: white;
+	cursor: pointer;
+	font-size: 11px;
+	margin-right: 10px;
+	padding: 4px 8px;
+
+	&:hover {
+		opacity: 0.9;
+	}
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/ui/src/core_components/content/CoreAnnotatedText.vue b/src/ui/src/core_components/content/CoreAnnotatedText.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6223fff75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/src/core_components/content/CoreAnnotatedText.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+<template>
+	<div class="CoreAnnotatedText">
+		<span
+			v-for="(content, i) in fields.text.value"
+			:key="String(content) + i"
+		>
+			<template v-if="typeof content === 'string'">{{
+				content
+			}}</template>
+			<span
+				v-if="Array.isArray(content)"
+				class="annotation"
+				:style="{ background: content[2] || generateColor(content[1]) }"
+			>
+				{{ content[0] }}
+				<span v-if="content[1]" class="annotation-subject">
+					{{ content[1] }}
+				</span>
+			</span>
+		</span>
+		<template v-if="fields.copyButtons.value === 'yes'">
+			<BaseControlBar
+				:copy-raw-content="textToString(fields.text.value)"
+				:copy-structured-content="stringifyData(fields.text.value)"
+			/>
+		</template>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { cssClasses, primaryTextColor } from "../../renderer/sharedStyleFields";
+export default {
+	writer: {
+		name: "Annotated text",
+		description: "Shows text with annotations",
+		category: "Content",
+		fields: {
+			text: {
+				name: "KeyValue",
+				type: FieldType.Object,
+				desc: "Value array with text/annotations. Must be a JSON string or a state reference to an array.",
+				init: `["This ",["is", "Verb"]," some ",["annotated", "Adjective"],    ["text", "Noun"]," for those of ",["you", "Pronoun"]," who ",["like", "Verb"]," this sort of ",["thing", "Noun"],". ","And here's a ",["word", "", "#faf"]," with a fancy background but no label."]`,
+			},
+			referenceColor: {
+				name: "Reference",
+				desc: "The colour to be used as reference for chroma and luminance, and as the starting point for hue rotation.",
+				type: FieldType.Color,
+				default: "#5551FF",
+				category: FieldCategory.Style,
+			},
+			seed: {
+				name: "Seed value",
+				desc: "Choose a different value to reshuffle colours.",
+				type: FieldType.Number,
+				default: "1",
+				category: FieldCategory.Style,
+			},
+			rotateHue: {
+				name: "Rotate hue",
+				desc: "If active, rotates the hue depending on the content of the string. If turned off, the reference colour is always used.",
+				type: FieldType.Text,
+				options: {
+					yes: "yes",
+					no: "no",
+				},
+				default: "yes",
+				category: FieldCategory.Style,
+			},
+			copyButtons: {
+				name: "Copy buttons",
+				desc: "If active, adds a control bar with both copy text and JSON buttons.",
+				type: FieldType.Text,
+				options: {
+					yes: "yes",
+					no: "no",
+				},
+				default: "no",
+				category: FieldCategory.Style,
+			},
+			primaryTextColor,
+			cssClasses,
+		},
+		previewField: "data",
+	},
+};
+</script>
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { FieldCategory, FieldType } from "../../writerTypes";
+import injectionKeys from "../../injectionKeys";
+import { inject } from "vue";
+import chroma, { Color } from "chroma-js";
+
+const fields = inject(injectionKeys.evaluatedFields);
+
+const COLOR_STEPS = [
+	{ h: -78, s: -34, l: 16 },
+	{ h: -61, s: -37, l: 16 },
+	{ h: -2, s: 0, l: 24 },
+	{ h: -12, s: 0, l: 29 },
+	{ h: 28, s: -20, l: 24 },
+	{ h: -61, s: -95, l: 25 },
+	{ h: -173, s: 0, l: 16 },
+	{ h: -228, s: 0, l: 22 },
+	{ h: 69, s: 0, l: 25 },
+	{ h: 70, s: 0, l: 29 },
+];
+
+let currentSteps = [...COLOR_STEPS];
+let subjectColorCache = {};
+let lastSeed = fields.seed.value;
+
+function generateColorCss(
+	baseColor: Color,
+	colorData: { h: number; s: number; l: number },
+) {
+	let genColor = baseColor
+		.set(
+			"hsl.h",
+			`${Math.sign(colorData.h) == -1 ? "-" : "+"}${Math.abs(colorData.h)}`,
+		)
+		.set(
+			"hsl.s",
+			`${Math.sign(colorData.s) == -1 ? "-" : "+"}${Math.abs(colorData.s / 100.0)}`,
+		)
+		.set(
+			"hsl.l",
+			`${Math.sign(colorData.l) == -1 ? "-" : "+"}${Math.abs(colorData.l / 100.0)}`,
+		);
+
+	return genColor.css();
+}
+
+function calculateColorStep(s: string, stepsLength = COLOR_STEPS.length) {
+	let hash = (fields.seed.value * 52673) & 0xffffffff;
+	for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+		hash = ((i + 1) * s.charCodeAt(i)) ^ (hash & 0xffffffff);
+	}
+	const step = Math.abs(hash) % stepsLength;
+
+	return step;
+}
+
+function generateColor(s: string) {
+	if (fields.rotateHue.value == "no") {
+		return fields.referenceColor.value;
+	}
+
+	const baseColor = chroma(fields.referenceColor.value);
+
+	if (lastSeed !== fields.seed.value) {
+		currentSteps = [...COLOR_STEPS];
+		subjectColorCache = {};
+		lastSeed = fields.seed.value;
+	}
+
+	if (subjectColorCache[s]) {
+		return generateColorCss(baseColor, subjectColorCache[s]);
+	}
+
+	// If we run out of colors, reset the list
+	if (currentSteps.length === 0) {
+		currentSteps = [...COLOR_STEPS];
+	}
+
+	const colorStep = calculateColorStep(s, currentSteps.length);
+	const colorData = currentSteps[colorStep];
+
+	subjectColorCache[s] = colorData;
+	currentSteps.splice(colorStep, 1);
+
+	return generateColorCss(baseColor, colorData);
+}
+
+function textToString(text: string[]) {
+	return text.reduce((acc, val) => {
+		if (typeof val === "string") {
+			return acc + val;
+		}
+
+		return acc + val[0];
+	}, "");
+}
+
+function stringifyData(arr: string[]) {
+	try {
+		return JSON.stringify(arr);
+	} catch (e) {
+		return arr.join("");
+	}
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.CoreAnnotatedText {
+	color: var(--primaryTextColor);
+	line-height: 1.8;
+}
+
+.annotation {
+	flex-direction: row;
+	align-items: center;
+	background: rgba(255, 164, 33, 0.4);
+	border-radius: 8px;
+	padding: 2px 8px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	line-height: 1;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.annotation-subject {
+	display: inline-flex;
+	font-size: 10px;
+	margin-left: 14px;
+	opacity: 0.5;
+	position: relative;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+
+	&::after {
+		content: "";
+		border-left: 1px solid;
+		opacity: 0.1;
+		position: absolute;
+		top: 0px;
+		left: -9px;
+		height: 10px;
+	}
+}
+
+.controls {
+	margin: 10px 0;
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: row;
+	justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
+.control-button {
+	background-color: var(--buttonColor);
+	border: none;
+	border-radius: 8px;
+	color: white;
+	cursor: pointer;
+	font-size: 11px;
+	margin-right: 10px;
+	padding: 4px 8px;
+
+	&:hover {
+		opacity: 0.9;
+	}
+}
+</style>