Read text from images that match your Drive query
Let a Drive query identify the incoming images that matter, then send them to Astica for OCR.
Trigger
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
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
Searching a growing Drive for the right incoming images takes attention away from the work the text should support.
- Focus OCR on newly matching images
- Reduce time spent searching for relevant scans
- Bring extracted text into the automation report
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 the query-based OCR task.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to send each matching new image to Astica OCR and return its extracted text.
- 4Pick the Google Drive New File Matching Query trigger, provide the query through the trigger setup, and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real image that matches the query and review the result.
Questions about this workflow
How does this trigger find files?
The New File Matching Query trigger uses a provided Drive query and preserves query configuration such as corpora and driveId aliases.
Will it scan images already in Drive?
The event is for a new file matching the query. Do not assume it processes existing files.
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