Turn emailed image attachments into readable text
When an email includes an image with details you need, let Notis extract the text and give you a clean summary to review.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
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 arrive as screenshots or photos, forcing you to open attachments, zoom in, and retype information by hand.
- Review text in image attachments without manually zooming and transcribing.
- Keep attachment details alongside the email that delivered them.
- Reduce interruptions when scanning incoming messages.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Astica AI once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, then name it and add a prompt.
- 3Tell Notis to check received messages for image attachments, confirm the image source, and extract their visible text with Astica AI.
- 4Choose New Gmail Message Received as the trigger, select a report channel, and test with one real email containing an image.
Questions about this workflow
What can this workflow read?
It uses Astica AI's OCR action to extract raw text from images. The image source must be confirmed before extraction.
Does it process every attachment?
Ask Notis in the prompt to look for image attachments. Non-image files and messages without images are outside this workflow.
Where do the extracted words go?
Notis can include results in the automation run report. Choose a report channel during setup.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Astica ai actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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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.
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Gmail and Astica ai, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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