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Automate audio/video transcription in any language with the new ElevenLabs model

Ready for 3.0

by phil ✓ · 8,911 views · created 2025-03-07 · Document Extraction, Multimodal AI

Ready 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 workflow has 3 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls api.elevenlabs.io over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. Read/Write Files from Disk: reads a file from disk
  2. Create Transcript (HTTP Request): calls api.elevenlabs.io (POST)

HTTP calls to: api.elevenlabs.io

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 (3)

From the author

How it works 🗣️> 📖 I set up this workflow to convert any audio or video file into structured text using the new ElevenLabs Scribe model, one of the best Speech-to-Text AIs, available in 99+ languages. This workflow integrates seamlessly with n8n and…

Excerpt from phil's description on n8n.io.

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