diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/__tests__/context.spec.tsx b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/__tests__/context.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8c4ec8d149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/__tests__/context.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { DisplayTextProvider, useDisplayText } from '../context';
+import { DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT } from '../libraries';
+
+describe('useDisplayText', () => {
+  it('returns default displayText`', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(useDisplayText, {
+      wrapper: (props) => <DisplayTextProvider {...props} />,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.LocationDetailView).toStrictEqual(
+      DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT['LocationDetailView']
+    );
+    expect(result.current.LocationsView).toStrictEqual(
+      DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT['LocationsView']
+    );
+    expect(result.current.UploadView).toStrictEqual(
+      DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT['UploadView']
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/context.tsx b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/context.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7016ef1803e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/context.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { createContextUtilities } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
+
+import { DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './libraries';
+import {
+  DefaultStorageBrowserDisplayText,
+  StorageBrowserDisplayText,
+} from './types';
+
+export const { DisplayTextContext, useDisplayText } = createContextUtilities<
+  DefaultStorageBrowserDisplayText,
+  'DisplayText'
+>({
+  contextName: 'DisplayText',
+  errorMessage: '`useDisplayText` must be called inside `DisplayTextProvider`',
+});
+
+export function DisplayTextProvider({
+  children,
+  displayText: _override,
+}: {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
+  displayText?: StorageBrowserDisplayText;
+}): React.JSX.Element {
+  // do deep merge here of default and override here
+  return (
+    <DisplayTextContext.Provider value={DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT}>
+      {children}
+    </DisplayTextContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/index.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19ffbdbe2d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { DisplayTextProvider, useDisplayText } from './context';
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfc95def098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationDetailView should have expected keys 1`] = `
+{
+  "getListResultsMessage": [Function],
+  "searchExhaustedMessage": "Showing results for up to the first 10,000 items",
+  "searchIncludeSubfoldersLabel": "Include subfolders",
+  "searchPlaceholder": "Search current folder",
+  "searchSubmitLabel": "Search",
+  "tableColumnLastModifiedHeader": "Last modified",
+  "tableColumnNameHeader": "Name",
+  "tableColumnSizeHeader": "Size",
+  "tableColumnTypeHeader": "Type",
+  "title": [Function],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationsView should match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "getListResultsMessage": [Function],
+  "searchPlaceholder": "Filter files and folders",
+  "searchSubmitLabel": "Search",
+  "tableColumnBucketHeader": "Bucket",
+  "tableColumnFolderHeader": "Folder",
+  "tableColumnPermissionsHeader": "Permissions",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.UploadView should match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "actionCancelLabel": "Cancel",
+  "actionDestinationLabel": "Destination",
+  "actionExitLabel": "Exit",
+  "actionStartLabel": "Upload",
+  "addFilesLabel": "Add files",
+  "addFolderLabel": "Add folder",
+  "getActionCompleteMessage": [Function],
+  "overwriteExistingLabel": "Overwrite existing files",
+  "statusDisplayCanceledLabel": "Canceled",
+  "statusDisplayCompletedLabel": "Completed",
+  "statusDisplayFailedLabel": "Failed",
+  "statusDisplayOverridePreventedLabel": "Overwrite prevented",
+  "statusDisplayQueuedLabel": "Not Started",
+  "statusDisplayTotalLabel": "Total",
+  "tableColumnCancelHeader": "",
+  "tableColumnFolderHeader": "Folder",
+  "tableColumnNameHeader": "Name",
+  "tableColumnSizeHeader": "Size",
+  "tableColumnStatusHeader": "Status",
+  "tableColumnTypeHeader": "Type",
+  "title": "Upload",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT should match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "LocationDetailView": {
+    "getListResultsMessage": [Function],
+    "searchExhaustedMessage": "Showing results for up to the first 10,000 items",
+    "searchIncludeSubfoldersLabel": "Include subfolders",
+    "searchPlaceholder": "Search current folder",
+    "searchSubmitLabel": "Search",
+    "tableColumnLastModifiedHeader": "Last modified",
+    "tableColumnNameHeader": "Name",
+    "tableColumnSizeHeader": "Size",
+    "tableColumnTypeHeader": "Type",
+    "title": [Function],
+  },
+  "LocationsView": {
+    "getListResultsMessage": [Function],
+    "searchPlaceholder": "Filter files and folders",
+    "searchSubmitLabel": "Search",
+    "tableColumnBucketHeader": "Bucket",
+    "tableColumnFolderHeader": "Folder",
+    "tableColumnPermissionsHeader": "Permissions",
+  },
+  "UploadView": {
+    "actionCancelLabel": "Cancel",
+    "actionDestinationLabel": "Destination",
+    "actionExitLabel": "Exit",
+    "actionStartLabel": "Upload",
+    "addFilesLabel": "Add files",
+    "addFolderLabel": "Add folder",
+    "getActionCompleteMessage": [Function],
+    "overwriteExistingLabel": "Overwrite existing files",
+    "statusDisplayCanceledLabel": "Canceled",
+    "statusDisplayCompletedLabel": "Completed",
+    "statusDisplayFailedLabel": "Failed",
+    "statusDisplayOverridePreventedLabel": "Overwrite prevented",
+    "statusDisplayQueuedLabel": "Not Started",
+    "statusDisplayTotalLabel": "Total",
+    "tableColumnCancelHeader": "",
+    "tableColumnFolderHeader": "Folder",
+    "tableColumnNameHeader": "Name",
+    "tableColumnSizeHeader": "Size",
+    "tableColumnStatusHeader": "Status",
+    "tableColumnTypeHeader": "Type",
+    "title": "Upload",
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3975f00469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { StatusCounts } from '../../../../tasks';
+import { DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT } from '../default';
+
+describe('DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT', () => {
+  it('should match snapshot', () => {
+    expect(DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  describe('DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationDetailView', () => {
+    it('should have expected keys', () => {
+      expect(
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationDetailView
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        getListResultsMessage: expect.any(Function),
+        searchExhaustedMessage: expect.any(String),
+        searchIncludeSubfoldersLabel: expect.any(String),
+        searchPlaceholder: expect.any(String),
+        tableColumnLastModifiedHeader: expect.any(String),
+        tableColumnNameHeader: expect.any(String),
+        tableColumnSizeHeader: expect.any(String),
+        tableColumnTypeHeader: expect.any(String),
+        title: expect.any(Function),
+      });
+
+      expect(
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationDetailView
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('returns string values from callbacks', () => {
+      const { getListResultsMessage } =
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationDetailView;
+
+      expect(
+        typeof getListResultsMessage({
+          key: '',
+          id: '',
+          lastModified: new Date(),
+          size: 1000,
+          type: 'FILE',
+        })
+      ).toBe('string');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationsView', () => {
+    it('should match snapshot', () => {
+      expect(
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationsView
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('returns string values from callbacks', () => {
+      const { getListResultsMessage } =
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.LocationsView;
+
+      expect(
+        typeof getListResultsMessage({
+          bucket: '',
+          permission: 'READ',
+          prefix: '',
+          id: '',
+          type: 'PREFIX',
+        })
+      ).toBe('string');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.UploadView', () => {
+    it('should match snapshot', () => {
+      expect(DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.UploadView).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('returns string values from callbacks', () => {
+      const { getActionCompleteMessage } =
+        DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT.UploadView;
+
+      expect(typeof getActionCompleteMessage({} as StatusCounts)).toBe(
+        'string'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/default.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/default.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b3c7bfb97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/default.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { DefaultStorageBrowserDisplayText } from '../../types';
+
+import { DEFAULT_LOCATION_DETAIL_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './locationDetailView';
+import { DEFAULT_LOCATIONS_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './locationsView';
+import { DEFAULT_UPLOAD_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './uploadView';
+
+export const DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT: DefaultStorageBrowserDisplayText =
+  {
+    LocationDetailView: DEFAULT_LOCATION_DETAIL_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+    LocationsView: DEFAULT_LOCATIONS_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+    UploadView: DEFAULT_UPLOAD_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+  };
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationDetailView.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationDetailView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..411b9d158b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationDetailView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { DEFAULT_LIST_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './shared';
+import { DefaultLocationDetailViewDisplayText } from '../../types';
+
+export const DEFAULT_LOCATION_DETAIL_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT: DefaultLocationDetailViewDisplayText =
+  {
+    ...DEFAULT_LIST_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+    getListResultsMessage: () => 'help me',
+    searchExhaustedMessage: 'Showing results for up to the first 10,000 items',
+    searchIncludeSubfoldersLabel: 'Include subfolders',
+    searchPlaceholder: 'Search current folder',
+    tableColumnLastModifiedHeader: 'Last modified',
+    tableColumnNameHeader: 'Name',
+    tableColumnSizeHeader: 'Size',
+    tableColumnTypeHeader: 'Type',
+    title: (_locations) => 'use _location to derive display value',
+  };
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationsView.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationsView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f798ecd345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/locationsView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { DEFAULT_LIST_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './shared';
+import { DefaultLocationsViewDisplayText } from '../../types';
+
+export const DEFAULT_LOCATIONS_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT: DefaultLocationsViewDisplayText =
+  {
+    ...DEFAULT_LIST_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+    searchPlaceholder: 'Filter files and folders',
+    getListResultsMessage: () => 'lol',
+    tableColumnBucketHeader: 'Bucket',
+    tableColumnFolderHeader: 'Folder',
+    tableColumnPermissionsHeader: 'Permissions',
+  };
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/shared.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..927976d446e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+  DefaultActionViewDisplayText,
+  DefaultListViewDisplayText,
+} from '../../types';
+
+export const DEFAULT_ACTION_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT: Omit<
+  DefaultActionViewDisplayText,
+  'actionStartLabel' | 'getActionCompleteMessage' | 'title'
+> = {
+  actionCancelLabel: 'Cancel',
+  actionExitLabel: 'Exit',
+  actionDestinationLabel: 'Destination',
+  statusDisplayCanceledLabel: 'Canceled',
+  statusDisplayCompletedLabel: 'Completed',
+  statusDisplayFailedLabel: 'Failed',
+  statusDisplayTotalLabel: 'Total',
+  statusDisplayQueuedLabel: 'Not Started',
+  // empty by default
+  tableColumnCancelHeader: '',
+  tableColumnStatusHeader: 'Status',
+  tableColumnFolderHeader: 'Folder',
+  tableColumnNameHeader: 'Name',
+  tableColumnTypeHeader: 'Type',
+  tableColumnSizeHeader: 'Size',
+};
+
+export const DEFAULT_LIST_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT: Omit<
+  DefaultListViewDisplayText,
+  'getListResultsMessage' | 'searchPlaceholder'
+> = {
+  searchSubmitLabel: 'Search',
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/uploadView.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/uploadView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c65575159d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/en/uploadView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { DEFAULT_ACTION_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './shared';
+import { DefaultUploadViewDisplayText } from '../../types';
+
+export const DEFAULT_UPLOAD_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT: DefaultUploadViewDisplayText = {
+  ...DEFAULT_ACTION_VIEW_DISPLAY_TEXT,
+  title: 'Upload',
+  actionStartLabel: 'Upload',
+  addFilesLabel: 'Add files',
+  addFolderLabel: 'Add folder',
+  getActionCompleteMessage: (_counts) => {
+    // if (counts.FAILED === counts.TOTAL) {
+    //   return 'All uploads failed to complete.';
+    // }
+
+    // if (counts.CANCELED === counts.TOTAL) {
+    //   return 'All uploads canceled.';
+    // }
+
+    // if (counts.OVERWRITE_PREVENTED === counts.TOTAL) {
+    //   return 'Overwrite prevention applied to all uploads.';
+    // }
+
+    // if (counts.TOTAL === counts.COMPLETE) {
+    //   return 'All uploads completed successfully.';
+    // }
+
+    // const prefix = 'All uploads complete';
+
+    // const succeeded = `${counts.COMPLETE} uploads successful`;
+    // const overwritePrevented = `overwrite prevention applied to ${counts.OVERWRITE_PREVENTED} uploads`;
+    // const _canceled = `${counts.CANCELED} uploads canceled`;
+    // const _failed = `${counts.FAILED} uploads failed`;
+
+    // // succeeded & errors
+    // // succeeded & errors & cancellations
+    // // succeeded & errors & cancellations & overwrite prevented
+    // // succeeded & cancellations
+    // // succeeded & cancellations & overwrite prevented
+    // // errors & cancellations
+    // // errors & cancellations & overwrite prevented
+    // // succeeded & cancellations & overwrite prevented
+    // // succeeded & overwrite prevented
+    // if (counts.TOTAL === counts.COMPLETE + counts.OVERWRITE_PREVENTED) {
+    //   return `${prefix}. ${succeeded}, ${overwritePrevented}.`;
+    // }
+
+    // const hasErrors = counts.FAILED > 0;
+    // const _hasCanceledTasks = counts.CANCELED > 0;
+
+    // if (hasErrors) {
+    //   return `All uploads complete. ${counts.COMPLETE} of ${counts.TOTAL} uploads successful, ${counts.FAILED} uploads failed to complete.`;
+    // }
+
+    return '🤷';
+  },
+  statusDisplayCanceledLabel: 'Canceled',
+  statusDisplayCompletedLabel: 'Completed',
+  statusDisplayFailedLabel: 'Failed',
+  statusDisplayOverridePreventedLabel: 'Overwrite prevented',
+  statusDisplayQueuedLabel: 'Not Started',
+  overwriteExistingLabel: 'Overwrite existing files',
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/index.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56dfd99703b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/libraries/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { DEFAULT_STORAGE_BROWSER_DISPLAY_TEXT } from './en/default';
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/types.ts b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85f686235e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageBrowser/displayText/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { StatusCounts } from '../tasks';
+import { LocationData, LocationItemData } from '../actions';
+
+/**
+ * Common display text values available on each action view (e.g. upload, copy, etc)
+ */
+export interface DefaultActionViewDisplayText {
+  actionCancelLabel: string;
+  actionDestinationLabel: string;
+  actionExitLabel: string;
+  actionStartLabel: string;
+  getActionCompleteMessage: (counts: StatusCounts) => string;
+  statusDisplayCanceledLabel: string;
+  statusDisplayCompletedLabel: string;
+  statusDisplayFailedLabel: string;
+  statusDisplayQueuedLabel: string;
+  statusDisplayTotalLabel: string;
+  title: string;
+  tableColumnCancelHeader: string;
+  tableColumnStatusHeader: string;
+  tableColumnFolderHeader: string;
+  tableColumnNameHeader: string;
+  tableColumnTypeHeader: string;
+  tableColumnSizeHeader: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Common list view display text values
+ */
+export interface DefaultListViewDisplayText<T = any> {
+  searchPlaceholder: string;
+  searchSubmitLabel: string;
+  getListResultsMessage: (data: T, error?: Error) => string;
+}
+
+export interface DefaultLocationsViewDisplayText
+  extends DefaultListViewDisplayText<LocationData> {
+  tableColumnFolderHeader: string;
+  tableColumnBucketHeader: string;
+  tableColumnPermissionsHeader: string;
+}
+
+export interface DefaultLocationDetailViewDisplayText
+  extends DefaultListViewDisplayText<LocationItemData> {
+  title: string | ((location: LocationData) => string);
+  searchExhaustedMessage: string;
+  searchIncludeSubfoldersLabel: string;
+  tableColumnLastModifiedHeader: string;
+  tableColumnNameHeader: string;
+  tableColumnSizeHeader: string;
+  tableColumnTypeHeader: string;
+}
+
+export interface DefaultUploadViewDisplayText
+  extends DefaultActionViewDisplayText {
+  addFilesLabel: string;
+  addFolderLabel: string;
+  statusDisplayOverridePreventedLabel: string;
+  overwriteExistingLabel: string;
+}
+
+export interface DefaultStorageBrowserDisplayText {
+  LocationsView: DefaultLocationsViewDisplayText;
+  LocationDetailView: DefaultLocationDetailViewDisplayText;
+  UploadView: DefaultUploadViewDisplayText;
+  // CopyView
+  // DeleteView
+  // CreateFolderView
+}
+
+interface LocationsViewDisplayText
+  extends Partial<DefaultLocationsViewDisplayText> {}
+interface LocationDetailViewDisplayText
+  extends Partial<DefaultLocationDetailViewDisplayText> {}
+interface UploadViewDisplayText extends Partial<DefaultUploadViewDisplayText> {}
+
+export interface StorageBrowserDisplayText {
+  LocationsView?: LocationsViewDisplayText;
+  LocationDetailView?: LocationDetailViewDisplayText;
+  UploadView?: UploadViewDisplayText;
+  // CopyView
+  // DeleteView
+  // CreateFolderView
+}