diff --git a/visualdl/logic/pybind.cc b/visualdl/logic/pybind.cc
index ccea54defa085a2c63545b4bd8be8291f90454df..f5e292f57c267b410c8c9e6bc73a93925e0999ec 100644
--- a/visualdl/logic/pybind.cc
+++ b/visualdl/logic/pybind.cc
@@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(core, m) {
       #undef READER_ADD_HISTOGRAM
 
       // clang-format on
-      .def("get_image", [](vs::LogReader& self, const std::string& tag) {
+      .def("get_image",
+           [](vs::LogReader& self, const std::string& tag) {
+             auto tablet = self.tablet(tag);
+             return vs::components::ImageReader(self.mode(), tablet);
+           })
+      .def("get_text", [](vs::LogReader& self, const std::string& tag) {
         auto tablet = self.tablet(tag);
-        return vs::components::ImageReader(self.mode(), tablet);
+        return vs::components::TextReader(tablet);
       });
 
   // clang-format on
@@ -113,7 +118,11 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(core, m) {
               int step_cycle) {
              auto tablet = self.AddTablet(tag);
              return vs::components::Image(tablet, num_samples, step_cycle);
-           });
+           })
+      .def("new_text", [](vs::LogWriter& self, const std::string& tag) {
+        auto tablet = self.AddTablet(tag);
+        return vs::components::Text(tablet);
+      });
 
 //------------------- components --------------------
 #define ADD_SCALAR_READER(T)                               \
@@ -198,6 +207,18 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(core, m) {
       .def("record", &cp::ImageReader::record)
       .def("timestamp", &cp::ImageReader::timestamp);
 
+  py::class_<cp::Text>(m, "TextWriter")
+      .def("set_caption", &cp::Text::SetCaption)
+      .def("add_record", &cp::Text::AddRecord);
+
+  py::class_<cp::TextReader>(m, "TextReader")
+      .def("records", &cp::TextReader::records)
+      .def("ids", &cp::TextReader::ids)
+      .def("timestamps", &cp::TextReader::timestamps)
+      .def("caption", &cp::TextReader::caption)
+      .def("total_records", &cp::TextReader::total_records)
+      .def("size", &cp::TextReader::size);
+
 #define ADD_HISTOGRAM_WRITER(T)                                          \
   py::class_<cp::Histogram<T>>(m, "HistogramWriter__" #T, \ 
    R"pbdoc(PyBind class. Must instantiate through the LogWriter.)pbdoc") \
diff --git a/visualdl/logic/sdk.cc b/visualdl/logic/sdk.cc
index 3edc8c27666676fc911e621e66e293cf142eba2d..db58e73ea67f0a8ad23b9acc591ab252a8feedd8 100644
--- a/visualdl/logic/sdk.cc
+++ b/visualdl/logic/sdk.cc
@@ -321,6 +321,37 @@ DECL_BASIC_TYPES_CLASS_IMPL(class, ScalarReader)
 DECL_BASIC_TYPES_CLASS_IMPL(struct, Histogram)
 DECL_BASIC_TYPES_CLASS_IMPL(struct, HistogramReader)
 
+std::vector<std::string> TextReader::records() const {
+  std::vector<std::string> res;
+  for (int i = 0; i < total_records(); i++) {
+    res.push_back(reader_.record(i).data(0).template Get<std::string>());
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+std::vector<int> TextReader::ids() const {
+  std::vector<int> res;
+  for (int i = 0; i < reader_.total_records(); i++) {
+    res.push_back(reader_.record(i).id());
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+std::vector<time_t> TextReader::timestamps() const {
+  std::vector<time_t> res;
+  for (int i = 0; i < reader_.total_records(); i++) {
+    res.push_back(reader_.record(i).timestamp());
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+std::string TextReader::caption() const {
+  CHECK(!reader_.captions().empty()) << "no caption";
+  return reader_.captions().front();
+}
+
+size_t TextReader::size() const { return reader_.total_records(); }
+
 }  // namespace components
 
 }  // namespace visualdl
diff --git a/visualdl/logic/sdk.h b/visualdl/logic/sdk.h
index f66db9ac4f371bd94d6e923860a74525f1f60aa5..232f8fc3211fc18c51e580860203b548d9171895 100644
--- a/visualdl/logic/sdk.h
+++ b/visualdl/logic/sdk.h
@@ -284,6 +284,40 @@ private:
   TabletReader reader_;
 };
 
+struct Text {
+  Text(Tablet tablet) : tablet_(tablet) {}
+  void SetCaption(const std::string cap) {
+    tablet_.SetCaptions(std::vector<std::string>({cap}));
+  }
+
+  void AddRecord(int id, std::string value) {
+    auto record = tablet_.AddRecord();
+    record.SetId(id);
+    auto entry = record.AddData();
+
+    time_t time = std::time(nullptr);
+    record.SetTimeStamp(time);
+    entry.Set(value);
+  }
+
+private:
+  Tablet tablet_;
+};
+
+struct TextReader {
+  TextReader(TabletReader reader) : reader_(reader) {}
+
+  std::vector<std::string> records() const;
+  std::vector<int> ids() const;
+  std::vector<time_t> timestamps() const;
+  std::string caption() const;
+  size_t total_records() const { return reader_.total_records(); }
+  size_t size() const;
+
+private:
+  TabletReader reader_;
+};
+
 }  // namespace components
 }  // namespace visualdl
 
diff --git a/visualdl/python/storage.py b/visualdl/python/storage.py
index 11d5de76575f94ec9007306f19febffd914158d9..4b519dd6605551849809a730c3175f3cba773f0d 100644
--- a/visualdl/python/storage.py
+++ b/visualdl/python/storage.py
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ class LogReader(object):
         check_tag_name_valid(tag)
         return type2scalar[type](tag)
 
+    def text(self, tag):
+        check_tag_name_valid(tag)
+        return self.reader.get_text(tag)
+
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
@@ -222,6 +226,10 @@ class LogWriter(object):
         }
         return types[type](tag, num_buckets)
 
+    def text(self, tag):
+        check_tag_name_valid(tag)
+        return self.writer.new_text(tag)
+
     def save(self):
         self.writer.save()