DOCUMENT OPS

Narrate new Dropbox PDFs into MP3 audio versions

When a PDF lands in a watched Dropbox folder, extract its text and generate an ElevenLabs voice narration.

CategoryDocument Ops
Enginesim
Difficultybeginner
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~5 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerNew PDF added to watched Dropbox folderDropboxDropbox
  • LogicFilter: is a PDF, not an existing audio file
  • ActionExtract and clean text from the PDFDropboxDropbox
  • ActionGenerate narration MP3 with ElevenLabsElevenLabsElevenLabs
  • OutputUpload MP3 to /audio subfolder in DropboxDropboxDropbox

What it does

Watches a Dropbox folder for newly published PDFs, pulls the readable text out of each one, sends it to ElevenLabs for natural-voice narration, and writes the resulting MP3 back to Dropbox next to the original file. The team gets an accessible audio version of every document without doing anything manually.

When to use it

Use it when your content or comms team drops finished PDFs into Dropbox and you want a hands-off pipeline that produces a spoken-word version for screen-reader users, commuters, or anyone who prefers listening. Best for steady publishing flows where files arrive one at a time.

How it works

  1. 1A Dropbox file-added event on the watched folder fires the workflow.
  2. 2A filter confirms the file is a PDF and not an already-generated audio asset.
  3. 3The PDF text is extracted and cleaned (headers, footers, page numbers stripped).
  4. 4The cleaned text is sent to ElevenLabs, which returns a narrated MP3.
  5. 5The MP3 is uploaded back to Dropbox in an `/audio` subfolder mirroring the source name.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect DropboxFiles and folders.
  2. 2
    Connect ElevenLabsText-to-speech, voice cloning.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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