diff --git a/web/source/kmwdevice.ts b/web/source/kmwdevice.ts
index 5588601aa4..b2d1de871f 100644
--- a/web/source/kmwdevice.ts
+++ b/web/source/kmwdevice.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Includes version-related functionality
 ///<reference path="utils/version.ts"/>
 ///<reference path="utils/styleConstants.ts" />
+///<reference path="text/engineDeviceSpec.ts" />
 
 // The Device object definition -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -249,5 +250,9 @@ namespace com.keyman {
 
       return this._styles;
     }
+
+    public get headlessSpec(): text.EngineDeviceSpec {
+      return new text.EngineDeviceSpec(this.browser, this.formFactor, this.OS, this.touchable);
+    }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/web/source/text/engineDeviceSpec.ts b/web/source/text/engineDeviceSpec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15f96be720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/source/text/engineDeviceSpec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+namespace com.keyman.text {
+  export enum Browser {
+    Chrome = 'chrome',
+    Edge = 'edge',
+    Firefox = 'firefox',
+    Native = 'native', // Used by embedded mode
+    Opera = 'opera',
+    Safari = 'safari',
+    Other = 'other'
+  }
+
+  export enum OperatingSystem {
+    Windows = 'Windows',
+    macOS = 'MacOSX',
+    Linux = 'Linux',
+    Android = 'Android',
+    iOS = 'iOS',
+    Other = 'other'
+  }
+
+  export enum FormFactor {
+    Desktop = 'desktop',
+    Phone = 'phone',
+    Tablet = 'tablet'
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This class provides an abstract version of com.keyman.Device that is headless-friendly, 
+   * containing only the information needed by web-core for text processing use.
+   */
+  export class EngineDeviceSpec {
+    readonly browser: Browser;
+    readonly formFactor: FormFactor;
+    readonly OS: OperatingSystem;
+    readonly touchable: boolean;
+
+    constructor(browser: string, formFactor: string, OS: string, touchable: boolean) {
+      switch(browser as Browser) {
+        case Browser.Chrome:
+        case Browser.Edge:
+        case Browser.Firefox:
+        case Browser.Native:
+        case Browser.Opera:
+        case Browser.Safari:
+          this.browser = browser as Browser;
+          break;
+        default:
+          this.browser = Browser.Other;
+      }
+
+      switch(formFactor.toLowerCase()) {
+        case FormFactor.Desktop:
+        case FormFactor.Phone:
+        case FormFactor.Tablet:
+          this.formFactor = formFactor as FormFactor;
+          break;
+        default:
+          throw ("Invalid form factor specified for device!");
+      }
+
+      switch(OS.toLowerCase()) {
+        case OperatingSystem.Windows.toLowerCase():
+        case OperatingSystem.macOS.toLowerCase():
+        case OperatingSystem.Linux.toLowerCase():
+        case OperatingSystem.Android.toLowerCase():
+        case OperatingSystem.iOS.toLowerCase():
+          this.OS = OS as OperatingSystem;
+          break;
+        default:
+          this.OS = OperatingSystem.Other;
+      }
+      
+      this.touchable = touchable;
+    }
+  }
+}
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