Read text from images in new Outlook messages
Make screenshots and scans searchable as soon as they reach your inbox.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
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
Critical details in screenshots and scanned documents require manual opening and retyping.
- Capture text without retyping
- Process screenshots consistently
- Keep extracted content with the email context
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Astica ai once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a new automation for image text extraction.
- 3Tell Notis to use each attached image as the source, run OCR, and return the extracted text with the sender and subject.
- 4Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Send one test email containing a readable image.
Questions about this workflow
Which images should be processed?
Specify file types or tell Notis to process every readable image attachment and report skipped files.
Can the output preserve line breaks?
Yes. Ask Notis to preserve layout where it is legible and mark uncertain characters.
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