diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 2eea525..9336073 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+red_eb/
+venv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 470c807..65227f3 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 from telegram import Update, InlineKeyboardMarkup, InlineKeyboardButton
 from telegram.ext import ApplicationBuilder, ContextTypes, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters, InlineQueryHandler
 import logging
-from render import render_text_on_image
+from render import render_text_on_image, image_to_string
+from io import BytesIO
 
 import os
 
@@ -21,6 +22,20 @@ async def respond_with_picture(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYP
     file = render_text_on_image("red_ebalo.png", update.message.text)
     await context.bot.send_sticker(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, sticker=file)
 
+async def image2string(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE):
+    photo = update.message.photo[-1]  
+    
+
+    file = await photo.get_file()  
+    bio = BytesIO()          
+    await file.download_to_memory(out=bio)   
+
+    bio.seek(0)
+
+    s = image_to_string(bio)
+
+    await update.message.reply_text(s)
+
 async def inline_respond_with_sticker(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE):
 
     query = update.inline_query.query
@@ -68,6 +83,8 @@ def main():
     picture_handler = MessageHandler(filters.TEXT & ~filters.COMMAND, respond_with_picture)
 
     application.add_handler(start_handler)
+
+    application.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters.PHOTO, image2string))
     application.add_handler(picture_handler)
     application.add_handler(InlineQueryHandler(inline_respond_with_sticker))
 
diff --git a/render.py b/render.py
index 4f2ea9b..f342cf5 100644
--- a/render.py
+++ b/render.py
@@ -65,6 +65,38 @@ def render_text_on_image(input_image_path, text_to_draw, output_image_path=None,
 
         return file
 
+WIDTH = 22
+HEIGHT = 9
+
+def image_to_string(image_file):
+
+    img = Image.open(image_file)
+
+    img = img.resize((WIDTH, HEIGHT), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+
+
+    img = img.convert("1")
+
+    # Get image dimensions
+    width, height = img.size
+    if width != 22 or height != 9:
+        raise ValueError("The image must be exactly 22x9 pixels.")
+    
+    # Create the string representation
+    pixel_string = ""
+    for y in range(height):
+        for x in range(width):
+            # Get the pixel value (0 for black, 255 for white)
+            pixel = img.getpixel((x, y))
+            if pixel == 0:  # Black pixel
+                pixel_string += "Ń"
+            else:  # White pixel
+                pixel_string += "…"
+        pixel_string += " "  # New line for each row
+    
+    return pixel_string
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     render_text_on_image("red_ebalo.png", " ".join(sys.argv[1:]), output_image_path="red_ebalo_text.png")