What counts as a supported LinkedIn video?
Choose an individual accessible public native video post on linkedin.com or www.linkedin.com. Supported forms include activity-based post URLs under /posts/ and /feed/update/urn:li:activity: followed by an id. The source guide specifies the accepted path structure. A profile, article, Learning page or event page does not identify a supported video post.
A public-looking URL is not an assurance of media access. LinkedIn can require authentication before serving the recording. transcript1 does not inherit your signed-in browser session, accept account cookies or use private credentials. A login-gated post cannot be made accessible by supplying your account details.
Use the full supported post URL rather than an lnkd.in short link. If your own recording cannot be fetched publicly, upload the original file you can use. That is a separate input, not a way to gain access to another person’s restricted post.
Recover the explanation without losing its context
Learn how to get a LinkedIn video transcript and turn a public walkthrough into a short team brief without confusing a post description with spoken evidence.
Verify the attached video
Play the actual post recording. Check whether the point you need is spoken or only written in the accompanying post or slides.
Submit its link
Paste the public URL in the dashboard. Automatic language detection is available; request speaker labels for a conversation when separating voices matters.
Review the wording
Check names, version numbers and acronyms against the audio. A transcript of a product demonstration does not verify what the product can do.
Write a source-aware brief
Keep the video URL and timestamps next to reviewed quotes. Attribute your interpretation separately from the speaker’s actual wording.
Turn a walkthrough into notes your team can check
A screen-recorded demonstration often relies on “this menu” or “the number here.” Find those phrases in the transcript and watch the corresponding moment. Add the menu name or visible figure as your own observation, not as text the service recovered from frames.
Separate what the speaker demonstrates from what they merely propose. A brief can list the spoken claim, the evidence visible in the video and the questions still unanswered. transcript1 returns the transcript; you or your connected assistant write the brief. It does not independently assess a business claim or identify an employer from a voice.
LinkedIn public native video posts use usable original-language VTT captions first with auto, otherwise speech-to-text. This does not cover LinkedIn Learning. Like YouTube and X, it accepts captions-only, which never downloads audio or falls back to STT; no usable track means no_captions. source=stt and speaker labels bypass captions. Native captions report linkedin_captions, segment timing only and null caption_kind when the origin is unknown. Subtitles may differ from the audio; listen to important passages before sharing a quotation outside your working notes.
Choose text, timed cues or API data
Download TXT for a brief or JSON when your application needs segment times. SRT and VTT contain timed cues for an editing workflow; they are not uploaded back to LinkedIn automatically. If you trim the video or add a branded opening, check timing against the final cut.
The REST API accepts the same accessible post URL. Keep the returned job id to read its status and completed result. A successful job costs one credit per media minute, rounded up; failed and canceled jobs are not charged. New accounts receive 60 free minutes once after email verification. Reading another export from an existing result does not use additional transcription minutes.