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Convert PDF articles to audio podcasts with Google TTS

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Email. 16 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 10Service 5

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

  1. 1Upload PDF for PodcastForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Extract PDF TextRead PDFService
  3. 3⚙️ Workflow ConfigSetLogic
  4. 4Clean & Process TextCodeLogic
  5. 5MergeMergeLogic
  6. 6Detect Sections & SplitCodeLogic
  7. 7Upload MP3 to R2Cloudflare R2StorageService
  8. 8Check TTS Usage LimitCodeLogic
  9. 9Build RSS XMLCodeLogic
  10. 10Google TTS APIHttp RequestService
  11. 11Upload RSS to R2Cloudflare R2StorageService
  12. 12Convert Audio to BinaryCodeLogic
  13. 13Update Monthly UsageCodeLogic
  14. 14Stitch All Mp3 TogetherCodeLogic
  15. 15Aggregate for EmailCodeLogic
  16. 16Send EmailEmail SendService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
16
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.