# Generate highly expressive audio with ElevenLabs: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across FTP and Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to Claude.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-highly-expressive-audio-with-elevenlabs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate highly expressive audio with ElevenLabs

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across FTP and Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to Claude. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Claude

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-highly-expressive-audio-with-elevenlabs)

**10 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Model 3 Logic 1 Service 3

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

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Anthropic Chat Model** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 3 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Context7** Mcp Client Tool *Model*
- 5 **Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 6 **Set text** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Audio Tagger Agent** Agent *Model*
- 8 **Convert text to speech** Eleven Labs *Service*
- 9 **Upload file to Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 10 **Upload to FTP** Ftp *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 10
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** FTP, Google Drive
- **Model:** Claude

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 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 10 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%2Fgenerate-highly-expressive-audio-with-elevenlabs)
- **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.

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

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