Turn photos and PDFs into text files right from Telegram

Send a photo or PDF to a Telegram bot and get the extracted text back as a downloadable file.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsDocument Processing & OCRAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
TelegramMistral

The problem it solves

Retyping text from scanned documents, photos, or PDFs by hand is tedious, and most OCR tools require opening a separate app or website. You want to snap a photo or forward a file and just get the text back, wherever you are.

Who it fits

Anyone who regularly needs to digitize scanned documents, photos, or PDFs on the go.

How it works

  1. You send a PNG, JPEG, or PDF file to the Telegram bot
  2. The file type and size are checked automatically
  3. The file is processed with OCR to extract all readable text
  4. The extracted text is converted into a clean text file
  5. The file is sent back to you in the same Telegram chat
What you get

Scanned pages turned into usable text instantly

You get a Telegram bot that turns any photo or PDF into clean, downloadable text right away.

What you get

A downloadable text file containing the extracted text from your photo or PDF.

What you need

A Telegram bot account and a Mistral API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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