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Read text from images shared into Drive

When a shared image becomes available in Drive, extract its text for review without opening it first.

Trigger

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

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

Shared scans can get buried in incoming files while you switch between permission notices and document review.

  • Bring shared image text into a review report
  • Reduce manual opening of incoming scans
  • Start review when a file becomes available

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Astica ai once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for shared image OCR.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to run Astica OCR on a newly shared file when it is an accessible image, then return extracted text.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Shared trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real image shared to the connected Drive account and review the result.

Questions about this workflow

Does this run on every new permission?

The File Shared event triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. The instruction should only send an accessible image to Astica.

Does sharing guarantee Astica can access the image?

No. Test with a real file and confirm the connected automation can access suitable image input.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Astica ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Google Drive triggers

Astica ai actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

File Shared (Permissions Added)

Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.

TriggerPolling

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Drive and Astica ai, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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