# Transcribe media URLs to AI-summarized Google Drive notes: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/transcribe-media-urls-to-ai-summarized-google-drive-notes (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Transcribe media URLs to AI-summarized Google Drive notes

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 21 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

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**21 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 9 Service 8

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

- 1 **On transcription request** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI chat model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Note structure** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Settings** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Summarize transcript** Chain Llm *Model*
- 6 **Build Apify input** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Build Markdown note** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Start transcription run** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Create Markdown file** Convert To File *Service*
- 10 **Wait for Whisper** Wait *Logic*
- 11 **Upload note to Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 12 **Check run status** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Log transcript in Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 14 **Route run status** Switch *Logic*
- 15 **Show result on the form** Form *Service*
- 16 **Get transcripts** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Under poll limit?** If *Logic*
- 18 **Report run failure** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 19 **Split transcripts** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Transcribed OK?** If *Logic*
- 21 **Log failed media** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 21, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 21 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 21 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%2Ftranscribe-media-urls-to-ai-summarized-google-drive-notes)
- **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 Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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Also research and reporting, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Analyse tender PDFs with LlamaParse and Gemini** 21 steps · Google Sheets, Supabase](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/analyse-tender-pdfs-with-llamaparse-and-gemini)