A good photo adds to the visual impact of your LinkedIn profile and helps your contacts know it’s really you. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to upload your photo to your profile. 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. You need a photo of yourself that is stored on your device. For iOS and Android, you need a photo of yourself that is stored in the Photos folder on your device.
Note: For best results, it is helpful to have a photo ready before you start. That way you can have it taken by a friend or a colleague.
To add your photo 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 start adding your photo, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit photo button,” and then press Enter. The Add photo pop-up window opens.
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To upload your photo, press the Tab key until you hear “Upload photo button,” and then press Enter. The Windows Open dialog opens.
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To move the focus to the list of folders and locations, press Shift+Tab until you hear “Tree view” (with JAWS and NVDA) or “Navigation pane” (with Narrator). To browse the list, use the Up and Down arrow keys. When you find the drive or folder you want, press Enter, and then press the Tab key once to move the focus to the items list.
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To browse the items list, use the arrow keys. To open a folder, press Enter when the focus is on the folder. To return to the previous folder level, press Alt+Up arrow key. When the focus is on the photo you want, press Enter. The Edit photo pop-up window opens.
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To save your photo, press the Tab key until you hear “Save photo button,” and then press Enter.
The Edit photo pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile page.
To add your photo 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 start adding your photo, swipe right until you hear “Member’s profile image button,” and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Add profile photo button.” Double-tap the screen.
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To upload your photo, swipe right until you hear “Upload from Photos,” and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Cancel button.”
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To browse the images in the Photos folder, swipe right until you reach the first image, and then keep swiping until you find the photo you want. The photos are organized by date, the newest appearing first. Your screen reader announces the name and date of each photo. When the focus is on the photo you want, double-tap the screen. The Crop photo pop-up window opens.
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To save your photo, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Crop photo pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
To add your photo 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 start adding your photo, swipe right until you hear “Member’s profile photo button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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Swipe right until you hear “Button, Add profile photo,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To upload your photo, swipe right until you hear “Button, Upload from Photos,” and then double-tap the screen. If the LinkedIn mobile app asks for permission to access your photos, swipe right or left until you hear “Allow button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To browse the images in the Photos folder, swipe right until you reach the first image, and then keep swiping until you find the photo you want. The photos are organized by date, the newest appearing first. Your screen reader announces the name of each photo. When the focus is on the photo you want, double-tap the screen. The Crop photo pop-up window opens.
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To save your photo, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Crop photo pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
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