diff --git a/nx/include/switch/applets/swkbd.h b/nx/include/switch/applets/swkbd.h
index 9b7d5ec3..9de119b4 100644
--- a/nx/include/switch/applets/swkbd.h
+++ b/nx/include/switch/applets/swkbd.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 /// Value for \ref SwkbdInitializeArg mode. Controls the LibAppletMode when launching the applet.
 typedef enum {
-    SwkbdInlineMode_UserDisplay   = 0,  ///< LibAppletMode_Unknown3. This is the default. The user-process must handle displaying the swkbd gfx on the screen. Attempting to get the swkbd gfx data for this currently throws an error (unknown why), SwkbdInlineMode_AppletDisplay should be used instead.
+    SwkbdInlineMode_UserDisplay   = 0,  ///< LibAppletMode_BackgroundIndirect. This is the default. The user-process must handle displaying the swkbd gfx on the screen, by loading the image with \ref swkbdInlineGetImage.
     SwkbdInlineMode_AppletDisplay = 1,  ///< LibAppletMode_Background. The applet will handle displaying gfx on the screen.
 } SwkbdInlineMode;
 
@@ -597,6 +597,35 @@ Result swkbdInlineClose(SwkbdInline* s);
  */
 Result swkbdInlineLaunch(SwkbdInline* s);
 
+/**
+ * @brief GetWindowSize
+ * @param[out] width Output width.
+ * @param[out] height Output height.
+ */
+NX_CONSTEXPR void swkbdInlineGetWindowSize(s32 *width, s32 *height) {
+    *width = 1280;
+    *height = 720;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief GetImageMemoryRequirement
+ * @note Wrapper for \ref viGetIndirectLayerImageRequiredMemoryInfo.
+ * @param[out] out_size Output size.
+ * @param[out] out_alignment Output alignment.
+ */
+Result swkbdInlineGetImageMemoryRequirement(u64 *out_size, u64 *out_alignment);
+
+/**
+ * @brief GetImage
+ * @note Only available with ::SwkbdInlineMode_UserDisplay.
+ * @note For width/height, see \ref swkbdInlineGetWindowSize.
+ * @param s SwkbdInline object.
+ * @param[out] buffer Output RGBA8 image buffer, this must use the alignment from \ref swkbdInlineGetImageMemoryRequirement.
+ * @param[in] size Output buffer size, this must match the size from \ref swkbdInlineGetImageMemoryRequirement.
+ * @param[out] data_available Whether data is available.
+ */
+Result swkbdInlineGetImage(SwkbdInline* s, void* buffer, u64 size, bool *data_available);
+
 /**
  * @brief Same as \ref swkbdInlineLaunch, except mode and unk_x5 for \ref SwkbdInitializeArg are set to the input params.
  * @param s SwkbdInline object.
diff --git a/nx/source/applets/swkbd.c b/nx/source/applets/swkbd.c
index 9956b5d0..0e845ed3 100644
--- a/nx/source/applets/swkbd.c
+++ b/nx/source/applets/swkbd.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include "libapplet_internal.h"
 #include "applets/swkbd.h"
+#include "services/vi.h"
 #include "runtime/hosversion.h"
 #include "runtime/util/utf.h"
 
@@ -484,6 +485,17 @@ Result swkbdInlineClose(SwkbdInline* s) {
     return rc;
 }
 
+static bool _swkbdInlineHandleFinished(SwkbdInline* s) {
+    bool ret = appletHolderCheckFinished(&s->holder);
+    if (ret) {
+        appletHolderJoin(&s->holder);
+        appletHolderClose(&s->holder);
+
+        s->state = SwkbdState_Inactive;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static Result _swkbdInlineLaunch(SwkbdInline* s, SwkbdInitializeArg *initArg) {
     Result rc=0;
 
@@ -526,6 +538,44 @@ Result swkbdInlineLaunchForLibraryApplet(SwkbdInline* s, u8 mode, u8 unk_x5) {
     return _swkbdInlineLaunch(s, &initArg);
 }
 
+Result swkbdInlineGetImageMemoryRequirement(u64 *out_size, u64 *out_alignment) {
+    s32 width=0, height=0;
+    swkbdInlineGetWindowSize(&width, &height);
+    return viGetIndirectLayerImageRequiredMemoryInfo(width, height, out_size, out_alignment);
+}
+
+Result swkbdInlineGetImage(SwkbdInline* s, void* buffer, u64 size, bool *data_available) {
+    Result rc=0;
+    u64 out_size=0, out_alignment=0;
+    s32 width=0, height=0;
+    u64 handle=0;
+
+    if (!buffer || !size) return MAKERESULT(Module_Libnx, LibnxError_BadInput);
+
+    if (_swkbdInlineHandleFinished(s)) {
+        data_available = false;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    rc = swkbdInlineGetImageMemoryRequirement(&out_size, &out_alignment);
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc)) {
+        if (out_size != size || (uintptr_t)buffer & (out_alignment-1))
+            rc = MAKERESULT(Module_Libnx, LibnxError_BadInput);
+    }
+
+    swkbdInlineGetWindowSize(&width, &height);
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc)) rc = appletHolderGetIndirectLayerConsumerHandle(&s->holder, &handle);
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc)) rc = viGetIndirectLayerImageMap(buffer, size, width, height, handle, NULL, NULL);
+
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc)) *data_available = true;
+    else if (R_VALUE(rc) == MAKERESULT(114, 11)) {
+        *data_available = false;
+        rc = 0;
+    }
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
 static void _swkbdProcessReply(SwkbdInline* s, SwkbdReplyType ReplyType, size_t size) {
     size_t stringendoff_utf8 = 0x7D4;
     size_t stringendoff_utf16 = 0x3EC;
@@ -664,11 +714,7 @@ Result swkbdInlineUpdate(SwkbdInline* s, SwkbdState* out_state) {
     }
     swkbdInlineSetInputModeFadeType(s, fadetype);
 
-    if (appletHolderCheckFinished(&s->holder)) {
-        appletHolderJoin(&s->holder);
-        appletHolderClose(&s->holder);
-
-        s->state = SwkbdState_Inactive;
+    if (_swkbdInlineHandleFinished(s)) {
         if (out_state) *out_state = s->state;
         return 0;
     }