Make handwritten Telegram notes easier to revisit
Photograph a note, send it to Telegram, and get its visible writing as text.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
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
Handwritten reminders can be hard to search and may be forgotten once the paper is out of sight.
- Keep handwritten reminders visible as text.
- Reduce manual transcription of clear notes.
- Revisit a note without finding the original paper.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Astica ai once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to confirm each new note image source and use Astica OCR to extract visible writing for review.
- 4Select New Message Received and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a well-lit note photo containing legible writing.
Questions about this workflow
Can it read messy handwriting?
OCR quality depends on how legible and clear the image is. Review the extracted text against the photo.
Does the workflow remind me later?
No. It extracts visible text when the Telegram message arrives.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Astica ai actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Analyze Audio
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Astica ai, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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