diff --git a/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/sendTEXT.m b/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/sendTEXT.m
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index 0000000..499c12b
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+++ b/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/sendTEXT.m
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+function [ status ] = sendTEXT( msg, varargin )
+% sendTEXT Sends a string to be displayed in X-Plane.
+%
+% Inputs
+%     msg: The string to be displayed
+%     x (optional): The distance from the left edge of the screen to display the message.
+%     y (optional): The distance from the bottom edge of the screen to display the message.
+%     IP Address (optional): IP Address of the machine that will receive the data as a character array. Default is '127.0.0.1' (local machine)
+%     port (optional): Port on the receiving machine where the data will be sent. Default is 49009 (XPlaneConnect). In general use 49009 to send to the plugin and 49005 to send to the x-plane udp
+%
+% Outputs
+%     status: 0 if successful, otherwise a negative value.
+% 
+% Use
+% 1. import XPlaneConnect.*;
+% 2. #Set a message to be displayed near the top middle of the screen.
+% 3. status = sendTEXT('Some text', 512, 600);
+% 
+% Contributors
+%   Jason Watkins
+%       jason.w.watkins@nasa.gov
+%
+% To Do
+%
+% BEGIN CODE
+
+import XPlaneConnect.*
+%% Handle Input
+p = inputParser;
+addRequired(p,'msg');
+addOptional(p,'x',-1,@isnumeric);
+addOptional(p,'y',-1,@isnumeric);
+addOptional(p,'IP','127.0.0.1',@ischar);
+addOptional(p,'port',49009,@isnumeric);
+parse(p,msg,varargin{:});
+
+%% Body
+    header = ['TEXT'-0,0];
+    dataStream = [header,...
+        typecast(uint32(p.Results.x), 'uint8'),...
+        typecast(uint32(p.Results.y), 'uint8'),...
+        uint8(length(msg)), msg-0];
+    
+    % Send TEXT
+    status = sendUDP(dataStream, p.Results.IP, p.Results.port);
+end
+
diff --git a/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/sendTEXTTest.m b/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/sendTEXTTest.m
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+++ b/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/sendTEXTTest.m	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function sendTEXTTest()
+%% Setup
+addpath('../../MATLAB')
+import XPlaneConnect.*
+
+%% Test
+sendTEXT('sendTEXT test message M', 200, 400)
+
+
+end
+
diff --git a/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/tests.m b/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/tests.m
index 8492faa..d92a02d 100644
--- a/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/tests.m	
+++ b/TestScripts/MATLAB Tests/tests.m	
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ disp(['XPC Tests-MATLAB (', os, ')']);
 
 theTests = {{@openCloseTest, 'Open/Close Test', 0},...
     {@sendReadTest,'Send/Read Test', 0},...
+    {@sendTEXTTest,'Send text Test', 0},...
     {@requestDREFTest,'Request DREF Test', 0},...
     {@sendDREFTest,'Send DREF Test', 0},...
     {@DATATest,'DATA Test', 0},...