Read text from images shared through Ably
Send a confirmed image source through Ably and get the text inside it extracted for review.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
ASTICA_READ_TEXT
Tool to perform ocr on an image to extract text. use when you need to read raw text from images after confirming the image source.
Why this helps
Text embedded in screenshots or photos can be hard to search, copy, and act on when it arrives in a message stream.
- Make text in screenshots easier to copy and search.
- Review image content without manually transcribing it.
- Keep incoming image text available in the automation result.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Astica ai once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a new automation in Automations and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to confirm the image source in the Ably webhook payload, then send that source to Astica ai to extract its text.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real Ably webhook containing a confirmed image source.
Questions about this workflow
What does the OCR action need?
It needs an image source. Confirm that the webhook payload contains the image source before asking Astica ai to read it.
Can this read text from every image?
It attempts to extract text from the supplied image. Results depend on whether the image contains legible text.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
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Recurring trigger
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ASTICA_READ_TEXT
Tool to perform ocr on an image to extract text. use when you need to read raw text from images after confirming the image source.
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