Extract readable text from WhatsApp images
Turn a photo or screenshot in a WhatsApp conversation into text you can review without zooming and retyping.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
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
Important details in screenshots and photographed documents can be hard to read, copy, or find again.
- Make text in shared images easier to review.
- Avoid manually retyping visible text.
- Keep image text extraction tied to the incoming WhatsApp message.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and Astica AI once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to confirm an incoming message contains an image, then use Astica AI to extract its visible text.
- 4Choose New Message Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real WhatsApp image.
Questions about this workflow
Will it run on every incoming message?
The trigger is New Message Received. In your instruction, tell Notis to proceed only when the incoming message contains an image and its source is confirmed.
Can it read text from audio?
No. This workflow uses Astica AI's image OCR action. Use the audio transcription action for audio input.
What kinds of image text can it extract?
It can attempt to extract raw text visible in an image, such as a screenshot or photographed document. Results depend on image quality and legibility.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Astica ai actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Analyze Audio
Tool to analyze audio input for transcription. use when you need to convert an audio url or base64 string to text.
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.
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Message Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
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