Letting your contacts know how your name is pronounced will help them when you talk or meet up for the first time. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to record your name pronunciation and display it on your LinkedIn profile for others to listen to. This will help LinkedIn members to correctly address you. We have tested the topic with VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader and TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader.
Important to know
You can’t use the desktop browser version of LinkedIn to record your name pronunciation. If you want to do this, please use the LinkedIn mobile app on your iOS or Android device. You must be signed in to your LinkedIn account.
To record your name pronunciation 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 start recording your name pronunciation, swipe right until you hear “Add name pronunciation button,” and then double-tap the screen. If you hear “LinkedIn would like to access the microphone,” swipe right until you hear “OK button,” and then double-tap the screen to continue.
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To record, swipe right until you hear “Record voice message button,” and then double-tap and hold your finger on the screen until you hear three rising tones. Keep holding your finger on the screen, and then say your name. When you lift your finger, the recording stops, and normal VoiceOver navigation resumes. You hear “Preview voice recording.”
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To check how your recording sounds, double-tap the screen. After hearing it, perform one of the following:
- If the recording sounds good, swipe right until you hear “Use voice recording button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- If you want to record your name again, swipe right until you hear “Retake voice recording button,” double-tap the screen, and then repeat step 6.
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To save your recording, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
To record your name pronunciation 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 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 “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 start recording your name pronunciation, swipe right until you hear “Add name pronunciation button,” and then double-tap the screen. If you hear “Allow LinkedIn to record audio, While using the app,” double-tap the screen to continue.
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To record, swipe right until you hear “Record a message button,” and then double-tap and hold your finger on the screen. Keep holding your finger on the screen, and then say your name. When you lift your finger, the recording stops, and normal TalkBack navigation resumes.
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To check how your recording sounds, swipe right until you hear “Tap to preview button,” and then double-tap the screen. After hearing it, perform one of the following:
- If the recording sounds good, swipe left until you hear “Apply button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- If you want to record your name again, swipe left until you hear “Retake button,” double-tap the screen, and then repeat step 6.
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To save your recording, swipe right until you hear “Save 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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