SUMMARIZATION

Turn a long Dropbox manuscript into chapter-marked ElevenLabs narration

Watches a Dropbox folder for new long-form documents, detects chapter boundaries, narrates each chapter with ElevenLabs.

CategorySummarization
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps6
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerNew manuscript added to Dropbox watch folderDropboxDropbox
  • ActionOpenAI extracts chapter outline with titles and offsetsOpenAI
  • LogicValidate chapter lengths; merge sub-minimum stubs
  • ActionElevenLabs narrates each chapter with one voiceElevenLabsElevenLabs
  • ActionBuild JSON TTS index (chapter, file, duration, offset)
  • OutputWrite chapter audio + index to Dropbox delivery folderDropboxDropbox

What it does

Converts a long manuscript dropped into Dropbox into a fully chaptered audiobook. It splits the document at chapter boundaries, generates narration for each chapter as its own audio file, and produces a machine-readable index mapping chapter titles to file names and start offsets.

When to use it

Use it when you publish long-form content (books, reports, course manuals) and need consistent, repeatable narration without manually slicing files or re-recording. Ideal for self-publishers and content teams who want a hands-off pipeline from final draft to listenable chapters.

How it works

  1. 1A new document landing in the watched Dropbox folder fires the trigger.
  2. 2OpenAI parses the text and returns a structured chapter outline with titles and character offsets.
  3. 3A loop step checks each detected chapter is above a minimum length, merging stub sections so you never get a 4-second track.
  4. 4ElevenLabs synthesizes narration for each chapter with a single, consistent voice.
  5. 5The flow assembles a JSON TTS index (chapter, file, duration, offset) and uploads it.
  6. 6The chapter audio files and the index are written back to a delivery subfolder in Dropbox.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect DropboxFiles and folders.
  2. 2
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  3. 3
    Connect ElevenLabsText-to-speech, voice cloning.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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