diff --git a/TUI.Test/SpectreConsoleProviderTests.cs b/TUI.Test/SpectreConsoleProviderTests.cs
index df5aa6c..232feff 100644
--- a/TUI.Test/SpectreConsoleProviderTests.cs
+++ b/TUI.Test/SpectreConsoleProviderTests.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,100 @@ public void WriteAtClipsTextOverflowingTheRightEdge()
 		Assert.AreEqual("\u001b[3;8Habc", output.ToString());
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that a printable key keeps its typed character as well as its key and modifiers, so
+	/// Shift+1 can be told apart from 1 (ktsu-dev/TUI#152).
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="keyChar">The character the key produced.</param>
+	/// <param name="key">The key that was pressed.</param>
+	/// <param name="shift">Whether Shift was held.</param>
+	[TestMethod]
+	[DataRow('!', ConsoleKey.D1, true)]
+	[DataRow('1', ConsoleKey.D1, false)]
+	[DataRow('A', ConsoleKey.A, true)]
+	[DataRow('a', ConsoleKey.A, false)]
+	[DataRow('?', ConsoleKey.Oem2, true)]
+	[DataRow('é', ConsoleKey.Oem1, false)]
+	public void ToInputResultKeepsThePrintableCharacter(char keyChar, ConsoleKey key, bool shift)
+	{
+		InputResult result = SpectreConsoleProvider.ToInputResult(new ConsoleKeyInfo(keyChar, key, shift, alt: false, control: false));
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(InputType.Keyboard, result.Type);
+		Assert.AreEqual(key, result.Key);
+		Assert.AreEqual(shift ? ConsoleModifiers.Shift : default, result.Modifiers);
+		Assert.AreEqual(keyChar, result.Character);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that a key read from the console arrives with its typed character (ktsu-dev/TUI#152).
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <returns>A task that completes when the test has run.</returns>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task ReadInputAsyncReturnsTheTypedCharacter()
+	{
+		SpectreConsoleProvider provider = new(console: null, () => new ConsoleKeyInfo('!', ConsoleKey.D1, shift: true, alt: false, control: false));
+
+		InputResult result = await provider.ReadInputAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(ConsoleKey.D1, result.Key);
+		Assert.AreEqual('!', result.Character);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that a key with no printable character, such as an arrow or Enter, carries no
+	/// character.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="keyChar">The character the key produced.</param>
+	/// <param name="key">The key that was pressed.</param>
+	[TestMethod]
+	[DataRow('\0', ConsoleKey.UpArrow)]
+	[DataRow('\r', ConsoleKey.Enter)]
+	[DataRow('\t', ConsoleKey.Tab)]
+	[DataRow('\b', ConsoleKey.Backspace)]
+	public void ToInputResultLeavesTheCharacterUnsetForNonPrintableKeys(char keyChar, ConsoleKey key)
+	{
+		InputResult result = SpectreConsoleProvider.ToInputResult(new ConsoleKeyInfo(keyChar, key, shift: false, alt: false, control: false));
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(InputType.Keyboard, result.Type);
+		Assert.AreEqual(key, result.Key);
+		Assert.IsNull(result.Character);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that Escape still asks the application to exit.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ToInputResultTreatsEscapeAsExit()
+	{
+		InputResult result = SpectreConsoleProvider.ToInputResult(new ConsoleKeyInfo('\u001b', ConsoleKey.Escape, shift: false, alt: false, control: false));
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(result.IsExit);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that Ctrl+C asks the application to exit, for a host that has set
+	/// <see cref="Console.TreatControlCAsInput"/>.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ToInputResultTreatsControlCAsExit()
+	{
+		InputResult result = SpectreConsoleProvider.ToInputResult(new ConsoleKeyInfo('\u0003', ConsoleKey.C, shift: false, alt: false, control: true));
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(result.IsExit);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that C without Ctrl is ordinary typed input, not an exit request.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ToInputResultTreatsPlainCAsACharacter()
+	{
+		InputResult result = SpectreConsoleProvider.ToInputResult(new ConsoleKeyInfo('c', ConsoleKey.C, shift: false, alt: false, control: false));
+
+		Assert.IsFalse(result.IsExit);
+		Assert.AreEqual('c', result.Character);
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Tests that showing or hiding the cursor writes the DECTCEM sequence to the injected console
 	/// and does not move the cursor (ktsu-dev/TUI#153).
diff --git a/TUI/Services/SpectreConsoleProvider.cs b/TUI/Services/SpectreConsoleProvider.cs
index 6cfb12c..90ea4de 100644
--- a/TUI/Services/SpectreConsoleProvider.cs
+++ b/TUI/Services/SpectreConsoleProvider.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ namespace ktsu.TUI.Core.Services;
 public class SpectreConsoleProvider(IAnsiConsole? console = null) : IConsoleProvider
 {
 	private readonly IAnsiConsole _console = console ?? AnsiConsole.Console;
+	private readonly Func<ConsoleKeyInfo> _readKey = () => Console.ReadKey(true);
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SpectreConsoleProvider"/> class that reads keys
+	/// from <paramref name="readKey"/> instead of <see cref="Console.ReadKey(bool)"/>, so tests can
+	/// feed it input.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="console">The Spectre.Console instance to use</param>
+	/// <param name="readKey">Reads the next key.</param>
+	internal SpectreConsoleProvider(IAnsiConsole? console, Func<ConsoleKeyInfo> readKey)
+		: this(console) => _readKey = readKey;
 
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	public Dimensions Dimensions => new(_console.Profile.Width, _console.Profile.Height);
@@ -77,24 +88,32 @@ public void WriteAt(string text, Position position, TextStyle? style = null)
 	}
 
 	/// <inheritdoc />
-	public async Task<InputResult> ReadInputAsync()
+	public async Task<InputResult> ReadInputAsync() =>
+		await Task.Run(() => ToInputResult(_readKey())).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Converts a key read from the console into an input result.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="keyInfo">The key that was read.</param>
+	/// <returns>The input result.</returns>
+	internal static InputResult ToInputResult(ConsoleKeyInfo keyInfo)
 	{
-		return await Task.Run(() =>
+		// Handle special cases. Ctrl+C normally arrives as an interrupt signal rather than as
+		// a key, and UIApplication handles it there; this branch only fires for a host that
+		// has set Console.TreatControlCAsInput.
+		if (keyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Escape ||
+			(keyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.C && keyInfo.Modifiers.HasFlag(ConsoleModifiers.Control)))
 		{
-			ConsoleKeyInfo keyInfo = Console.ReadKey(true);
-
-			// Handle special cases. Ctrl+C normally arrives as an interrupt signal rather than as
-			// a key, and UIApplication handles it there; this branch only fires for a host that
-			// has set Console.TreatControlCAsInput.
-			if (keyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Escape ||
-				(keyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.C && keyInfo.Modifiers.HasFlag(ConsoleModifiers.Control)))
-			{
-				return InputResult.Exit();
-			}
-
-			// Return keyboard input
-			return InputResult.FromKey(keyInfo.Key, keyInfo.Modifiers);
-		}).ConfigureAwait(false);
+			return InputResult.Exit();
+		}
+
+		// Keep the typed character alongside the key. Only the character tells '!' from '1', and
+		// only it reflects Caps Lock and the keyboard layout, so text entry needs it
+		// (ktsu-dev/TUI#152). The key and modifiers stay, so key-based handlers are unaffected.
+		InputResult result = InputResult.FromKey(keyInfo.Key, keyInfo.Modifiers);
+		return keyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(keyInfo.KeyChar)
+			? result with { Character = keyInfo.KeyChar }
+			: result;
 	}
 
 	/// <inheritdoc />