diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
index d4382cf51..ec5c09181 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/libraries/ui/ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel.java
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ public class ContributedLibraryTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
 
     desc += "</body></html>";
     description.setText(desc);
+    // copy description to accessibility context for screen readers to use
+    description.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(desc);
     description.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
     // for modelToView to work, the text area has to be sized. It doesn't
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
index b4537ce94..7a2750a7e 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/ui/ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel.java
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ public class ContributedPlatformTableCellJPanel extends JPanel {
 
     desc += "</body></html>";
     description.setText(desc);
+    // copy description to accessibility context for screen readers to use
+    description.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(desc);
     description.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
     // for modelToView to work, the text area has to be sized. It doesn't
diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java
index 12b39742f..7c946e499 100644
--- a/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java
+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java
@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ public class ProgressJProgressBar extends JProgressBar {
 
   public void setValue(Progress p) {
     setValue((int) p.getProgress());
-    if (p.getStatus() != null)
+    if (p.getStatus() != null) {
       setString(p.getStatus());
+      // copy status to accessibility context for screen readers to use
+      getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(p.getStatus());
+      // make status focusable so screen readers can get to it
+      setFocusable(true);
+    }
   }
 
 }