# Extract Arabic text from PDFs with Mistral and Telegram Bot: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Docs and Telegram. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/extract-arabic-text-from-pdfs-with-mistral-and-telegram-bot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Extract Arabic text from PDFs with Mistral and Telegram Bot

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Docs and Telegram. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 4 Service 13

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

- 1 **Telegram Bot Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Check If Document Attached** If *Logic*
- 3 **Download Document from Telegram** Telegram *Service*
- 4 **Request PDF File Format** Telegram *Service*
- 5 **Upload PDF to Mistral AI** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Status: File Received (1/5)** Telegram *Service*
- 7 **Get Mistral Signed URL** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Status: Sent to Processor (2/5)** Telegram *Service*
- 9 **Process OCR with Mistral** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Status: File Signed (3/5)** Telegram *Service*
- 11 **Parse OCR Results by Page** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Status: Results Received (4/5)** Telegram *Service*
- 13 **Aggregate OCR Results** Aggregate *Logic*
- 14 **Create New Google Doc** Google Docs *Service*
- 15 **Status: Creating Document (5/5)** Telegram *Service*
- 16 **Process Document Updates** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 17 **Update Google Doc with Content** Google Docs *Service*
- 18 **Send Document Link to User** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 18, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Docs, Telegram
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

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. 18 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 18 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-arabic-text-from-pdfs-with-mistral-and-telegram-bot)
- **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.

[Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Telegram chat with PDF** 18 steps · calls a model · Pinecone, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/telegram-chat-with-pdf)