Voice-to-Ideas: Transcribe Telegram Voice Notes with OpenAI Whisper to Google Sheets
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 7 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Telegram, OpenAI and Google Sheets.
How it runs
Trigger: On Telegram events (message).
- Detect Message Type (Switch): routes items into 2 branches
- Download Voice File (Telegram): work with file
- Prepare Text Message (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: message
- Transcribe Voice Note (OpenAI): translate (audio)
- Save Text Message (Google Sheets): append
- Save Transcribed Note (Google Sheets): append
Services it uses
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)
- Telegram Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set
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