Restrained styles
Pick a clean style with steady, legible text instead of bouncing words, then set the font and colors to match your company's materials.
LinkedIn video captions
Captions for LinkedIn video that suit a professional feed.
Understated captions for a feed where video can start playing silently, plus the SRT caption file LinkedIn accepts when you share from a desktop.
No credit card · 2 free minutes every month · MP4, SRT and VTT export
Why it matters
LinkedIn's own help pages note that some videos in the feed play automatically without sound. Scroll past one in a quiet office and that silent preview is all anyone sees.
Captions turn the preview into something a viewer can follow. On LinkedIn they also have to fit the setting: legible, calm, and closer to a well-made presentation than to an entertainment feed.
There are two ways to provide them, and they suit different posts. Burned-in captions guarantee what people see; an SRT file gives viewers a CC button and keeps the picture itself clean.
What you get
Captions with the right tone for LinkedIn.
An SRT file for native uploads
LinkedIn lets you attach an SRT caption file when you post a video from the desktop site, and paid plans export one from your corrected transcript.
Names and titles spelled right
People, companies and job titles are where automatic transcription slips, and where a professional audience notices. Fix them before export.
Brand fonts on paid plans
Upload the typeface from your brand guidelines so video captions match the rest of the company page.
Both formats from one project
Export a captioned MP4 and an SRT from the same edited transcript, then decide post by post which one to use.
How it works
Caption a LinkedIn video in four steps.
- 01
Upload the recording
Add the MP4 or MOV of your talk, demo or update; only its audio is sent to be transcribed.
- 02
Check names and terms
Go through the transcript for people's names, company names, product terms and figures.
- 03
Choose the output
Style burned-in captions for a guaranteed look, or keep the video clean and prepare an SRT file on a paid plan.
- 04
Post on LinkedIn
Share the video from LinkedIn in a desktop browser, attaching the SRT if you exported one.
Burned-in captions or an SRT file?
Burned-in captions are the safer choice when the video will be reshared, downloaded or posted on other networks too, and when you want the style fixed. They show for everyone from the first silent frame, in the font you chose.
An SRT file suits talks, interviews and longer explainers where some viewers would rather keep the picture clear. LinkedIn puts a Closed Captions icon on its video player, so each viewer chooses whether to see them.
Don't use both on the same post, or anyone who presses CC will see every line twice.
How to add an SRT caption file on LinkedIn
LinkedIn accepts SRT files for closed captions on videos posted by personal accounts and by LinkedIn Pages. Its help center describes attaching the file while sharing the video in the desktop experience, so plan to post from a computer when you use one.
Once the video has been uploaded and processed, LinkedIn sends a notification, and the closed captions are viewable from then on.
- Export the SRT from the same cut you're uploading
- Start the video post on LinkedIn in a desktop browser
- Attach the SRT caption file before you publish
- After processing, turn on captions and check the timing
Company pages and personal posts
A company page speaks for the whole organization, so consistency matters more than flair. Settle on one caption style, font and color scheme, and use it on every video the page publishes, whoever edits it.
Personal posts can be looser, but the basics still apply: keep lines short, keep burned-in captions above the player's controls at the bottom, and spell every name the way its owner does.
Questions
Good to know.
Does LinkedIn accept caption files?
Yes. LinkedIn takes SRT files for closed captions on videos shared by personal profiles and by Pages, attached when you post from the desktop site.
Which caption style works best on LinkedIn?
One that's easy to read at work: steady text, strong contrast and a modest size, without heavy animation. Save bouncy word-pop styles for more casual platforms.
Can I get the SRT file for free?
SRT downloads are included with paid plans, starting at $9 / €9 a month. Free accounts can still create burned-in captions on clips up to 60 seconds, with a watermark.
Will LinkedIn's player controls cover burned-in captions?
They can overlap the lowest part of the frame, where the player shows its controls. Placing captions a little higher keeps them readable while the controls are visible.
What should I check before posting?
The spelling of people's names, company names and job titles, then any figures. Those are the mistakes a professional audience spots first, and each takes seconds to fix in the editor.
Try it on the next video you post.
The free plan needs no card. Upload a clip, check the captions yourself, and only upgrade when you want the watermark gone.