Gmail Promotional Emails to Podcast Automation Workflow
This workflow automatically monitors promotional emails in Gmail, extracts and intelligently summarizes the email content, generates an audio file, and sends it to a designated chat group via Telegram. Users do not need to read through complicated emails and can listen to promotional information at any time, greatly enhancing the efficiency and convenience of information retrieval. This is especially suitable for busy professionals, visually impaired individuals, and users who prefer audio content.
Workflow Name
Gmail Promotional Emails to Podcast Automation Workflow
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow automatically monitors promotional emails labeled as “CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS” in Gmail, extracts the email content, and generates a concise text summary using an AI-powered summarization model. The summarized text is then converted into an audio file, which is finally sent to a designated Telegram chat group, enabling audio broadcasting of promotional emails.
- Real-time monitoring of promotional emails, triggered automatically every minute
- Utilizes OpenAI intelligent models for content summarization, ensuring concise and speech-friendly information
- Employs a free text-to-speech API for fast generation of high-quality audio
- Automated format conversion and data integration for a seamless workflow
- Telegram push notifications for convenient on-the-go listening
Core Problem Addressed
Users often struggle to find time to read and filter through a large volume of promotional emails. This workflow converts email content into audio podcasts, freeing users’ eyes and allowing them to effortlessly “listen” to promotional information while driving, exercising, or relaxing, thereby improving information acquisition efficiency and user experience.
Use Cases
- Rapid consumption of e-commerce promotional information
- Efficient access to competitor promotional updates for marketing teams
- Email content access for visually impaired users
- Any scenario requiring conversion of text content into audio format
- Quick push of email content to mobile social tools for anytime, anywhere access
Main Workflow Steps
- Gmail Trigger: Checks Gmail inbox every minute for new emails tagged with “CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS.”
- Retrieve Email Content: Uses the Gmail node to fetch the full email content.
- Remove Redundant Data: Cleans unnecessary fields from the email JSON to streamline data.
- Content Summarization: Calls the OpenAI model to generate an intelligent summary of the email body, producing concise, emoji-enhanced text suitable for voice narration.
- Text-to-Speech Conversion: Invokes a free text-to-speech API to convert the summarized text into an audio file (base64 encoded).
- Format Conversion: Converts the base64-encoded audio into an actual audio file format.
- Data Merging: Combines the text and audio data for unified processing.
- Send Telegram Message: Delivers the generated audio file along with text description to the specified Telegram chat group.
Systems and Services Involved
- Gmail (email retrieval and trigger)
- OpenAI (intelligent text summarization)
- Free Text-to-Speech API (https://tiktok-tts.weilnet.workers.dev/api/generation)
- Telegram (audio push notifications)
- n8n Automation Platform (workflow management)
Target Users and Value Proposition
- E-commerce operators and marketers who want easy access to key promotional email information
- Busy professionals seeking to consume email content efficiently during fragmented time
- Visually impaired or reading-challenged users who prefer auditory email access
- Users who favor audio content over reading text
- Any scenario requiring automated conversion of email content to speech and push delivery
This workflow transforms the tedious task of reading promotional emails into an enjoyable audio experience, significantly enhancing the convenience and engagement of information consumption.