Hints for the Octamaze puzzle

Hint #6: How to read messages along the paths

Sadly, when we try reading the sequences of two-digit numbers as letters along the various paths from START to END, we keep getting nonsense, such as ANDEW or ACKPGWKDEW. Note, however, that none of the digits in the numbers is larger than 7...

Hint #7: How to really read messages along the paths