Extract receipt text from WhatsApp photos
Turn a quick receipt photo into text you can review without zooming or retyping.
Trigger
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
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
Receipt photos are slow to inspect and easy to lose when expenses arrive in chat.
- Avoid manual transcription
- Review expenses faster
- Keep source wording available
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect TimelinesAI and Astica ai in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Read receipt images.
- 3Tell Notis to send each incoming image message to Astica ai and return all readable text.
- 4Select New WhatsApp Message Received as the trigger.
- 5Choose a report channel and test with one receipt photo.
Questions about this workflow
Does OCR calculate totals?
It extracts visible text. Ask Notis to summarize or calculate only when the required numbers are readable.
What if the image is blurry?
The report should flag unreadable text for manual review.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Timelinesai triggers
Astica ai actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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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.
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Timelinesai and Astica ai, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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