Automatically transcribe Telegram voice messages with OpenAI Whisper & Google Workspace

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Overview

🎙️ VoiceScribe AI: Telegram Audio Message Auto Transcription with OpenAI Whisper

> Automatically transcribe Telegram voice messages and store them as structured logs in Google Sheets, while backing up the audio in Google Drive.

🧑‍💼 Who’s it for

Journalists, content creators, or busy professionals who often record voice memos or short interviews on the go.
Anyone who wants to turn voice recordings into searchable, structured notes.

⚙️ How it works / What it does

User sends a voice message to a Telegram bot.
n8n checks if the message is an audio voice note.
If valid, it downloads the audio file and:
- Transcribes it using OpenAI Whisper (or your LLM of choice).
- Uploads the original audio to Google Drive for safekeeping.
The transcript and audio metadata are merged.
The workflow:
- Logs the data into a Google Sheet.
- Sends a formatted confirmation message to the user via Telegram.

If the input is not audio, the bot politely informs the user that only voice messages are accepted.

✅ Features

Accepts only Telegram voice messages.
Transcribes via OpenAI Whisper.
Logs DateTime, Duration, Transcript, and Audio URL to Google Sheets.
Sends user feedback message via Telegram with download + transcript link.

🚀 How to set up

Prerequisites

Telegram Bot connected to n8n (via Telegram Trigger)
Google Drive & Google Sheets credentials configured
OpenAI or Whisper API credentials (for transcription)

Steps

Telegram Trigger
Start the flow when a new message is sent to your bot.
Check Message Type
Use a conditional node to confirm it's a voice message.
Download Voice Message
Download the .oga file from Telegram.
Transcribe Audio
Send the binary audio to OpenAI Whisper or your transcription service.
Upload to Google Drive
Backup the original audio file.
Merge Outputs
Combine transcription with Drive metadata.
Transform to Row Format
Prepare structured JSON for Google Sheets.
Append to Google Sheet
Store the transcript log (DateTime, Duration, Transcript, AudioURL).
Send Confirmation to User
Inform the user via Telegram with their transcript and download link.
Unsupported Message Handler
Reply to users who send non-audio messages.

📄 Example Output in Google Sheet

DateTime	Duration	Transcript	AudioURL
2025-08-07T13:12:19Z	27	Dự án Outlet Activation là...	https://drive.google.com/uc?id=xxxx&export=download

🧠 How to customize the workflow

Swap Whisper with Deepgram, AssemblyAI, or other providers.
Add speaker name detection or prompt-based tagging via GPT.
Route transcripts into Notion, Airtable, or CRM systems.
Add multi-language support or summarization steps.

📦 Requirements

Component	Required
Telegram API	✅
Google Drive API	✅
Google Sheets API	✅
OpenAI Whisper API	✅
n8n Cloud or Self-hosted	✅

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Trung Tran

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Nodes

n8n-nodes-base.telegram n8n-nodes-base.stickynote n8n-nodes-base.if @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openai n8n-nodes-base.googledrive n8n-nodes-base.merge n8n-nodes-base.telegramtrigger n8n-nodes-base.googlesheets

Complexity

advanced

Published 07 Aug 2025

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Automatically transcribe Telegram voice messages with OpenAI Whisper & Google Workspace

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Important notice

Overview

🎙️ VoiceScribe AI: Telegram Audio Message Auto Transcription with OpenAI Whisper

🧑‍💼 Who’s it for

⚙️ How it works / What it does

✅ Features

🚀 How to set up

Prerequisites

Steps

📄 Example Output in Google Sheet

🧠 How to customize the workflow

📦 Requirements