How to get text from the screen in KDE development

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Published on 2010-03-14T11:40:46Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 11:45 UTC
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I want to get text from screen (like Babylon). Is there any thing to be helpful in KDE developement. Any api or library?

Thanks in advance

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