This article provides a comprehensive overview of the different channels available for interacting with Notis and their respective capabilities. Each channel offers unique features and limitations that may make it more suitable for specific use cases.
Channel Overview
| Feature | | Telegram | iMessage | WhatsApp | Slack | Email |
|---|
| Signup to Notis | Channels capable of onboarding you. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Character Limit | Limits for text messages. | 4096 characters | 10000 characters | 1400 characters | 40’000 characters | Virtually unlimited |
| Reaction Support | Emoji reaction to let you know what’s going on. | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Message Reactions | Notis captures your emoji reactions as replies. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Inline Reply | Being able to reply to specific message to recall its context. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Max attachment size | For documents (incl. audio attachments) | 20 mb | 100 mb | 16 mb | 1 gb | 25 mb |
| Voice messages max duration | | No limit | No limit | 30 minutes | N/A | N/A |
| Advanced voice mode | Call Notis for real-time capabilities. | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
When your attachment exceeds the supported size, it is ignored by the WhatsApp API and the Telegram API completely, and we don’t have any way to be notified of this. This is an unfortunate limitation at the moment.
| Purpose | File Extensions | Description |
|---|
| Vision | .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .webp | Image files for visual analysis by AI models. This allows Notis to understand the content of the image you send. |
| File search | .c, .cpp, .cs, .css, .doc, .docx, .go, .html, .java, .js, .json, .md, .pdf, .php, .pptx, .py, .rb, .sh, .tex, .ts, .txt | Notis can search those documents using RAG to extract the context of your documents. |
| Transcription | .mp3, .wav, .ogg, .opus, .m4a, .aac, .flac, .webm (audio), .mp4, .mov, .mkv, .avi, .mpeg | Audio and video files for speech-to-text conversion. |
| Notion storage | .csv, .xlsx, .xml, .tar, .zip, .pkl | Notion supports all the previous file extensions, plus those extras. |
Switching between messaging channels
You can freely switch from one to the other as long as they are connected to the same number. Your phone number acts as the authentication to Notis. Each channel will manage separate conversations threads. To connect Notis to a new channel, head over to the portal under the Channels page. 
