# Get text query

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/get-text-query/16304>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [May 21, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/get-text-query/16304 "2009-05-21T05:38:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![jyoti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jyoti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/jyoti)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/get-text-query/16304/1 "2009-05-21T05:38:24Z")

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Hi

if I have some text on an sdl surface, can I get that text or in general(image),  
whatever is present on the surface,can I get it?

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Monov](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/stefan_monov/32/1780_2.png) [@Stefan\_Monov](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Stefan_Monov)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/get-text-query/16304/2 "2009-05-21T06:46:42Z")

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> if I have some text on an sdl surface, can I get that text  
> Read up on OCR.

> whatever is present on the surface,can I get it?  
> Eh? That doesn’t make sense 😉

Stefan