diff --git a/features/home/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/home/impl/search/RoomListSearchView.kt b/features/home/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/home/impl/search/RoomListSearchView.kt
index 942e924820..f67338ef21 100644
--- a/features/home/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/home/impl/search/RoomListSearchView.kt
+++ b/features/home/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/home/impl/search/RoomListSearchView.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
 import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.contentDescription
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.PreviewParameter
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import io.element.android.compound.tokens.generated.CompoundIcons
@@ -112,10 +114,12 @@ private fun RoomListSearchContent(
                 title = {
                     // The stateSaver will keep the selection state when returning to this UI
                     val focusRequester = remember { FocusRequester() }
+                    val searchLabel = stringResource(CommonStrings.action_search)
                     FilledTextField(
                         modifier = Modifier
                             .fillMaxWidth()
-                            .focusRequester(focusRequester),
+                            .focusRequester(focusRequester)
+                            .semantics { contentDescription = searchLabel },
                         state = state.query,
                         lineLimits = TextFieldLineLimits.SingleLine,
                         colors = TextFieldDefaults.colors(
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ private fun RoomListSearchContent(
                                 IconButton(onClick = { state.eventSink(RoomListSearchEvent.ClearQuery) }) {
                                     Icon(
                                         imageVector = CompoundIcons.Close(),
-                                        contentDescription = stringResource(CommonStrings.action_cancel)
+                                        contentDescription = stringResource(CommonStrings.a11y_clear_search_field)
                                     )
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/components/receipt/TimelineItemReadReceiptView.kt b/features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/components/receipt/TimelineItemReadReceiptView.kt
index 037d9ea45d..3ccf32d422 100644
--- a/features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/components/receipt/TimelineItemReadReceiptView.kt
+++ b/features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/components/receipt/TimelineItemReadReceiptView.kt
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.pluralStringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.Role
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.clearAndSetSemantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.contentDescription
-import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.hideFromAccessibility
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.role
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.testTag
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.PreviewParameter
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
@@ -57,18 +58,12 @@ fun TimelineItemReadReceiptView(
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
 ) {
     if (state.receipts.isNotEmpty()) {
-        ReadReceiptsRow(
-            modifier = modifier.clearAndSetSemantics {
-                hideFromAccessibility()
-            }
-        ) {
+        ReadReceiptsRow(modifier = modifier) {
             ReadReceiptsAvatars(
                 receipts = state.receipts,
                 modifier = Modifier
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
-                    .clickable {
-                        onReadReceiptsClick()
-                    }
+                    .clickable(onClick = onReadReceiptsClick)
                     .padding(2.dp)
             )
         }
@@ -140,6 +135,7 @@ private fun ReadReceiptsAvatars(
             .clearAndSetSemantics {
                 testTag = TestTags.messageReadReceipts.value
                 contentDescription = receiptDescription
+                role = Role.Button
             },
         horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp - avatarStrokeSize),
         verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
diff --git a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/DefaultLocalMediaRenderer.kt b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/DefaultLocalMediaRenderer.kt
index 319aebe33e..f7564aec31 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/DefaultLocalMediaRenderer.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/DefaultLocalMediaRenderer.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class DefaultLocalMediaRenderer(
             localMediaViewState = localMediaViewState,
             textFileViewer = textFileViewer,
             audioFocus = audioFocus,
+            forPreview = true,
             onClick = {},
             onOpenWith = null,
         )
diff --git a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/LocalMediaView.kt b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/LocalMediaView.kt
index c19b1a24c0..01b44f1246 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/LocalMediaView.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/LocalMediaView.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fun LocalMediaView(
     onClick: () -> Unit,
     onOpenWith: (() -> Unit)?,
     textFileViewer: TextFileViewer,
+    forPreview: Boolean,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
     isDisplayed: Boolean = true,
     isUserSelected: Boolean = false,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ fun LocalMediaView(
             localMediaViewState = localMediaViewState,
             localMedia = localMedia,
             modifier = modifier,
+            forPreview = forPreview,
             onClick = onClick,
         )
         mimeType.isMimeTypeVideo() -> MediaVideoView(
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ fun LocalMediaView(
             localMedia = localMedia,
             autoplay = isUserSelected,
             audioFocus = audioFocus,
+            forPreview = forPreview,
             modifier = modifier,
         )
         mimeType == MimeTypes.PlainText -> TextFileView(
diff --git a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/image/MediaImageView.kt b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/image/MediaImageView.kt
index 4c73dd215d..c935b17b85 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/image/MediaImageView.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/image/MediaImageView.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import me.saket.telephoto.zoomable.rememberZoomableImageState
 fun MediaImageView(
     localMediaViewState: LocalMediaViewState,
     localMedia: LocalMedia?,
+    forPreview: Boolean,
     onClick: () -> Unit,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
 ) {
@@ -42,11 +43,16 @@ fun MediaImageView(
     } else {
         val zoomableImageState = rememberZoomableImageState(localMediaViewState.zoomableState)
         localMediaViewState.isReady = zoomableImageState.isImageDisplayed
+        val imageDescription = if (forPreview) {
+            stringResource(CommonStrings.a11y_photo_preview)
+        } else {
+            stringResource(CommonStrings.common_image)
+        }
         ZoomableAsyncImage(
             modifier = modifier,
             state = zoomableImageState,
             model = localMedia?.uri,
-            contentDescription = stringResource(id = CommonStrings.common_image),
+            contentDescription = imageDescription,
             contentScale = ContentScale.Fit,
             onClick = { onClick() }
         )
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ internal fun MediaImageViewPreview() = ElementPreview {
         modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
         localMediaViewState = rememberLocalMediaViewState(),
         localMedia = null,
+        forPreview = false,
         onClick = {},
     )
 }
diff --git a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/video/MediaVideoView.kt b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/video/MediaVideoView.kt
index 21279a598e..d6484cd5a4 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/video/MediaVideoView.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/local/video/MediaVideoView.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalInspectionMode
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.viewinterop.AndroidView
 import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
 import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import io.element.android.libraries.mediaviewer.impl.local.player.rememberExoPla
 import io.element.android.libraries.mediaviewer.impl.local.player.seekToEnsurePlaying
 import io.element.android.libraries.mediaviewer.impl.local.player.togglePlay
 import io.element.android.libraries.mediaviewer.impl.local.rememberLocalMediaViewState
+import io.element.android.libraries.ui.strings.CommonStrings
 import io.element.android.libraries.ui.utils.a11y.isTalkbackActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import me.saket.telephoto.zoomable.zoomable
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ fun MediaVideoView(
     localMedia: LocalMedia?,
     autoplay: Boolean,
     audioFocus: AudioFocus?,
+    forPreview: Boolean,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
 ) {
     val exoPlayer = rememberExoPlayer(forAudioOnly = false)
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ fun MediaVideoView(
         localMedia = localMedia,
         autoplay = autoplay,
         audioFocus = audioFocus,
+        forPreview = forPreview,
         modifier = modifier,
     )
 }
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ private fun ExoPlayerMediaVideoView(
     localMedia: LocalMedia?,
     autoplay: Boolean,
     audioFocus: AudioFocus?,
+    forPreview: Boolean,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
 ) {
     var mediaPlayerControllerState: MediaPlayerControllerState by remember {
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ private fun ExoPlayerMediaVideoView(
                 text = "A Video Player will render here",
             )
         } else {
+            val videoDescription = if (forPreview) {
+                stringResource(CommonStrings.a11y_video_preview)
+            } else {
+                stringResource(CommonStrings.common_video)
+            }
             AndroidView(
                 modifier = Modifier
                     .fillMaxSize()
@@ -236,6 +246,7 @@ private fun ExoPlayerMediaVideoView(
                         resizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT
                         layoutParams = FrameLayout.LayoutParams(MATCH_PARENT, MATCH_PARENT)
                         useController = false
+                        contentDescription = videoDescription
                     }
                 },
                 onRelease = { playerView ->
@@ -355,5 +366,6 @@ internal fun MediaVideoViewPreview() = ElementPreview {
         localMedia = null,
         audioFocus = null,
         autoplay = false,
+        forPreview = false,
     )
 }
diff --git a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/viewer/MediaViewerView.kt b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/viewer/MediaViewerView.kt
index c4d442338a..c981132b48 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/viewer/MediaViewerView.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaviewer/impl/viewer/MediaViewerView.kt
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ private fun MediaViewerPage(
                     onOpenWith = onOpenWith,
                     isUserSelected = isUserSelected,
                     audioFocus = audioFocus,
+                    forPreview = false,
                 )
                 if (showThumbnail) {
                     ThumbnailView(
diff --git a/libraries/textcomposer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/textcomposer/components/markdown/MarkdownTextInput.kt b/libraries/textcomposer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/textcomposer/components/markdown/MarkdownTextInput.kt
index bd6944d603..064ef03106 100644
--- a/libraries/textcomposer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/textcomposer/components/markdown/MarkdownTextInput.kt
+++ b/libraries/textcomposer/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/textcomposer/components/markdown/MarkdownTextInput.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ fun MarkdownTextInput(
                 setText(text)
                 setHint(placeholder)
                 setHintTextColor(ColorStateList.valueOf(placeholderColor.toArgb()))
+                contentDescription = placeholder
                 inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or
                     InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES or
                     InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE or
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ fun MarkdownTextInput(
             }
         },
         update = { editText ->
+            editText.contentDescription = placeholder
             editText.applyStyleInCompose(richTextEditorStyle)
             val text = state.text.value()
             mentionSpanUpdater.updateMentionSpans(text)
diff --git a/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml b/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
index f477af40d8..4885c38ef3 100644
--- a/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
+++ b/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <string name="a11y_add_reaction">"Add reaction: %1$s"</string>
   <string name="a11y_address">"Address"</string>
   <string name="a11y_avatar">"Avatar"</string>
+  <string name="a11y_clear_search_field">"Clear search field"</string>
   <string name="a11y_collapse_message_text_field">"Minimise message text field"</string>
   <string name="a11y_create_poll_votes_allowed_decrease">"Decrease votes allowed per person"</string>
   <string name="a11y_create_poll_votes_allowed_increase">"Increase votes allowed per person"</string>