Read images when a key phrase appears
Turn a meaningful document milestone into an automatic visual text check.
Trigger
Keyword Detected in Document
Triggers when a specific keyword or phrase first appears in a Google Doc. This trigger monitors a Google Doc and fires once when the specified keyword is detected. After the keyword is found, the trigger will not fire again until reset.
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
A keyword can signal readiness while important details remain trapped in images.
- Act on a clear text milestone
- Capture image details at the right time
- Avoid scanning every revision
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs and Astica ai once.
- 2Create an automation describing what image text to extract after the phrase appears.
- 3Pick Keyword Detected in Document as the trigger.
- 4Choose the report destination and test with one document containing the phrase.
Questions about this workflow
Will it run repeatedly for the same keyword?
The event fires once until its configured reset behavior allows another run.
What does the OCR result contain?
It contains text recognized from the confirmed image input.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs triggers
Astica ai actions
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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.
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