Creating your LinkedIn profile starts with filling out the required basic information. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to add your name, a descriptive headline, and your industry to your profile intro. We have tested the topic with JAWS, Narrator, NVDA in Microsoft Edge, VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader, and TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader which adheres to common accessibility standards and techniques. Different screen readers and web browsers might behave differently.
Important to know
You must be signed in to your LinkedIn account.
To edit your profile intro with screen reader support:
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To open the Me menu on the LinkedIn homepage, press the Tab key until you hear “Me button, collapsed,” and then press Enter.
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To open your profile, press the Tab key until you hear “View profile,” and then press Enter. Your profile page opens.
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To open your profile intro, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then press Enter. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To edit your first name, press the Tab key until you hear “First name,” and then type your first name.
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To edit your last name, press the Tab key until you hear “Last name,” and then type your last name.
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To edit your profile headline, press the Tab key until you hear “Headline,” and then type the headline you want to use.
Note: The headline is a short text displayed under your name to show or promote your expertise.
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To edit the industry you work in, press the Tab key until you hear “Industry,” and then type the name of the industry.
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To finish editing your profile intro, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, press the Tab key until you hear “Save button,” and then press Enter.
- To exit without saving, press the Tab key until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then press Enter.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile page.
To edit your profile intro with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Close menu button.”
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To open your profile, swipe right once, and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Close button.”
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To edit your first name, swipe right until you hear “First name, required,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your first name with the on-screen keyboard.
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To edit your last name, swipe right until you hear “Last name, required,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your last name with the on-screen keyboard.
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To edit your profile headline, swipe right until you hear “Headline, required,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the headline you want to use with the on-screen keyboard
Note: The headline is a short text displayed under your name to show or promote your expertise.
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To edit the industry you work in, swipe right until you hear “Industry, required,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the name of the industry with the on-screen keyboard.
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To finish editing your profile intro, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Close button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
To edit your profile intro with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Menu button, access my profile and other navigation links.” If the focus is elsewhere, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Menu, view my profile button.”
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To open your profile, double-tap the screen. You hear “LinkedIn, Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit basic profile information button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Dismiss button.”
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To edit your first name, swipe right until you hear “First name, asterisk,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your first name with the on-screen keyboard.
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To edit your last name, swipe right until you hear “Last name, asterisk,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your last name with the on-screen keyboard.
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To edit your profile headline, swipe right until you hear “Headline, asterisk,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the headline you want to use with the on-screen keyboard.
Note: The headline is a short text displayed under your name to show or promote your expertise.
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To edit the industry you work in, swipe right until you hear “Industry, asterisk,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the name of the industry with the on-screen keyboard.
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To finish editing your profile intro, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
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