New LinkedIn Feature – How to Add and Edit Automatic Captions on LinkedIn [VIDEO]

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Yesterday I realized I had access to a new LinkedIn feature when I posted a video to the platform. LinkedIn now automatically adds captions to videos when you upload them. Captions are important because of accessibility reasons of course, and because most people scroll on social media without the sound on. If you upload a video without captions, you’re missing out on a huge audience and opportunities for your audience to engage with your posts. While you can’t edit the style of the LinkedIn captions, it will allow you to edit the caption text minimally – only once – and only from your desktop. While I think LinkedIn auto captions on videos will be a useful feature for many and will save them time, I personally like being able to format, style and edit my captions using apps, especially because auto captions (and Starbucks) never get the spelling of my first name correctly! You’ll see two sets of captions in the video here – the ones I created myself using an app – and then the LinkedIn version. I left them both in today to show you the difference between them. I will not be uploading videos with my
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