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Translate audio using AI

Ready for 3.0

by David Roberts ✓ · 10,943 views · created 2024-02-06 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 8 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model. It also calls api.openai.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. Set ElevenLabs voice ID and text (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: voice_id, text
  2. Generate French Audio (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  3. Add Filename (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Transcribe audio (HTTP Request): calls api.openai.com (POST)
  5. Translate Text to English (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
  6. Translate English text to speech (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat Model

HTTP calls to: api.openai.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (6)

From the author

Overview This workflow takes some French text, and translates it into spoken audio. It then transcribes that audio back into text, translates it into English and generates an audio file of the English text. To do so, it uses ElevenLabs (which has a free tier)…

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