diff --git a/api.cpp b/api.cpp
index 9e7679b1b..306ec2b70 100644
--- a/api.cpp
+++ b/api.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ class Context {
     });
   }
 
+  val summary() {
+    return gpp_rethrow([=]() {
+      val result = val::object();
+      auto summary = GPP_CALL(
+          CameraText, gp_camera_get_summary(camera.get(), _, context.get()));
+      result.set("text", static_cast<const char *>(summary.text));
+      return result;
+    });
+  }
+
   val supportedOps() {
     return gpp_rethrow([=]() {
       auto ops =
@@ -350,5 +360,6 @@ EMSCRIPTEN_BINDINGS(gphoto2_js_api) {
       .function("capturePreviewAsBlob", &Context::capturePreviewAsBlob)
       .function("captureImageAsFile", &Context::captureImageAsFile)
       .function("consumeEvents", &Context::consumeEvents)
+      .function("summary", &Context::summary)
       .function("supportedOps", &Context::supportedOps);
 }
diff --git a/ui/index.js b/ui/index.js
index 6a76964c4..7ba8675d9 100644
--- a/ui/index.js
+++ b/ui/index.js
@@ -222,7 +222,17 @@ class App extends Component {
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                 )
               ),
-              h(Widget, { config: state.config, setValue: this.setValue })
+              h(Widget, { config: state.config, setValue: this.setValue }),
+              h(
+                'fieldset',
+                null,
+                h('legend', null, 'Camera Summary'),
+                h(
+                  'pre',
+                  { style: 'white-space: pre-wrap' },
+                  this.connection.summary.text
+                )
+              )
             )
           )
         );
diff --git a/ui/libapi.mjs.d.ts b/ui/libapi.mjs.d.ts
index b94c6ca10..9e2595139 100644
--- a/ui/libapi.mjs.d.ts
+++ b/ui/libapi.mjs.d.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export type Config = {
   | { type: 'datetime'; value: number }
 );
 
+declare interface Summary {
+  text: string;
+}
+
 declare interface SupportedOps {
   captureImage: boolean;
   captureVideo: boolean;
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ declare class Context {
   capturePreviewAsBlob(): Promise<Blob>;
   captureImageAsFile(): Promise<File>;
   consumeEvents(): Promise<boolean>;
+  summary(): Summary;
   supportedOps(): SupportedOps;
 
   delete(): void;
diff --git a/ui/ops.js b/ui/ops.js
index 833d185b3..1b48117c7 100644
--- a/ui/ops.js
+++ b/ui/ops.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export async function connect() {
   const Module = await ModulePromise;
 
   let context = await new Module.Context();
+  let summary = await context.summary();
   let supportedOps = await context.supportedOps();
 
   /** @type {Promise<unknown>} */
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export async function connect() {
   }
 
   return {
+    summary,
     supportedOps,
     schedule,
     disconnect() {