# Extract text from Google Drive images with OCR.space: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/extract-text-from-google-drive-images-with-ocr-space (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Extract text from Google Drive images with OCR.space

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fextract-text-from-google-drive-images-with-ocr-space)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 2 Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **OpenRouter Chat Model1** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 2 **Google Drive New File Trigger1** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Generate Summary with OpenRouter AI1** Agent *Model*
- 4 **Download Image File1** Google Drive *Service*
- 5 **Append row in sheet1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 6 **Extract Text with OCR.space1** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Send Completion Notification via Gmail1** Gmail *Service*
- 8 **Format OCR Result & Check for Empty1** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Process Completed1** No Op *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fextract-text-from-google-drive-images-with-ocr-space)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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