diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 0bcbb883f..c87017c28 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -201,15 +201,17 @@ var App = React.createClass({
             <Header onOpenDrawer={this.openDrawer} onSearch={this.onSearch} links={headerLinks} viewingPage={this.state.viewingPage} />
             {mainContent}
           </div>
-          <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'upgrade'} type="confirm" confirmButtonLabel="Upgrade" abortButtonLabel="Skip"
-                 onConfirmed={this.handleUpgradeClicked} onAborted={this.handleSkipClicked} >
+          <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'upgrade'} contentLabel="Update available"
+                 type="confirm" confirmButtonLabel="Upgrade" abortButtonLabel="Skip"
+                 onConfirmed={this.handleUpgradeClicked} onAborted={this.handleSkipClicked}>
             <p>Your version of LBRY is out of date and may be unreliable or insecure.</p>
             {this.state.isOldOSX
               ? <p>Before installing the new version, make sure to exit LBRY. If you started the app, click the LBRY icon in your status bar and choose "Quit."</p>
               : null}
 
           </Modal>
-          <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'error'} type="custom" className="error-modal" overlayClassName="error-modal-overlay"  >
+          <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'error'} contentLabel="Error" type="custom"
+                 className="error-modal" overlayClassName="error-modal-overlay"  >
             <h3 className="modal__header">Error</h3>
 
             <div className="error-modal__content">
diff --git a/js/component/link.js b/js/component/link.js
index e1ddff543..99ce1e627 100644
--- a/js/component/link.js
+++ b/js/component/link.js
@@ -144,14 +144,17 @@ export let DownloadLink = React.createClass({
       <span className="button-container">
         <Link button={this.props.button} hidden={this.props.hidden} style={this.props.style}
               disabled={this.state.downloading} label={label} icon={this.props.icon} onClick={this.handleClick} />
-        <Modal className="download-started-modal" isOpen={this.state.modal == 'downloadStarted'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal className="download-started-modal" isOpen={this.state.modal == 'downloadStarted'}
+               contentLabel="Download started" onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           <p>Downloading to:</p>
           <div className="download-started-modal__file-path">{this.state.filePath}</div>
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'notEnoughCredits'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'notEnoughCredits'} contentLabel="Not enough credits"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           You don't have enough LBRY credits to pay for this stream.
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'timedOut'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'timedOut'} contentLabel="Download failed"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           LBRY was unable to download the stream <strong>lbry://{this.props.streamName}</strong>.
         </Modal>
       </span>
@@ -208,7 +211,8 @@ export let WatchLink = React.createClass({
         <Link button={this.props.button} hidden={this.props.hidden} style={this.props.style}
               disabled={this.state.loading} label={this.props.label} icon={this.props.icon}
               onClick={this.handleClick} />
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'notEnoughCredits'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'notEnoughCredits'} contentLabel="Not enough credits"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           You don't have enough LBRY credits to pay for this stream.
         </Modal>
       </span>
diff --git a/js/page/claim_code.js b/js/page/claim_code.js
index 5294bd6e2..41b1e571a 100644
--- a/js/page/claim_code.js
+++ b/js/page/claim_code.js
@@ -119,16 +119,20 @@ var ClaimCodePage = React.createClass({
             </section>
           </div>
         </form>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'missingCode'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'missingCode'} contentLabel="Invitation code required"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           Please enter an invitation code or choose "Skip."
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'missingEmail'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'missingEmail'} contentLabel="Email required"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           Please enter an email address or choose "Skip."
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'codeRedeemFailed'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'codeRedeemFailed'} contentLabel="Failed to redeem code"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           {this.state.failureReason}
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'codeRedeemed'} onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'codeRedeemed'} contentLabel="Code redeemed"
+               onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
           Your invite code has been redeemed.
           {this.state.referralCredits > 0
             ? `You have also earned ${referralCredits} credits from referrals. A total of ${activationCredits + referralCredits}
@@ -137,10 +141,12 @@ var ClaimCodePage = React.createClass({
                 ? `${this.state.activationCredits} credits will be added to your balance shortly.`
                 : 'The credits will be added to your balance shortly.')}
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'skipped'} onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'skipped'} contentLabel="Welcome to LBRY"
+               onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
           Welcome to LBRY! You can visit the Wallet page to redeem an invite code at any time.
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'couldNotConnect'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'couldNotConnect'} contentLabel="Could not connect"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           <p>LBRY couldn't connect to our servers to confirm your invitation code. Please check your internet connection.</p>
           If you continue to have problems, you can still browse LBRY and visit the Settings page to redeem your code later.
         </Modal>
diff --git a/js/page/my_files.js b/js/page/my_files.js
index fb55a7f23..2d6b28e66 100644
--- a/js/page/my_files.js
+++ b/js/page/my_files.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var MyFilesRowMoreMenu = React.createClass({
             <MenuItem onClick={this.handleDeleteClicked} label="Remove and delete file" />
           </section>
         </Menu>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'confirmDelete'} type="confirm" confirmButtonLabel="Delete File"
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'confirmDelete'} contentLabel="Confirm delete" type="confirm" confirmButtonLabel="Delete File"
                onConfirmed={this.handleDeleteConfirmed} onAborted={this.closeModal}>
           Are you sure you'd like to delete <cite>{this.props.title}</cite>? This will {this.props.completed ? ' stop the download and ' : ''}
           permanently remove the file from your system.
diff --git a/js/page/publish.js b/js/page/publish.js
index 26567b9f6..70e1b851d 100644
--- a/js/page/publish.js
+++ b/js/page/publish.js
@@ -493,11 +493,13 @@ var PublishPage = React.createClass({
           </div>
         </form>
 
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'publishStarted'} onConfirmed={this.handlePublishStartedConfirmed}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'publishStarted'} contentLabel="File published"
+               onConfirmed={this.handlePublishStartedConfirmed}>
           <p>Your file has been published to LBRY at the address <code>lbry://{this.state.name}</code>!</p>
           You will now be taken to your My Files page, where your newly published file will be listed. The file will take a few minutes to appear for other LBRY users; until then it will be listed as "pending."
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'error'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'error'} contentLabel="Error publishing file"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           The following error occurred when attempting to publish your file: {this.state.errorMessage}
         </Modal>
       </main>
diff --git a/js/page/referral.js b/js/page/referral.js
index 4a04a2718..f3eb0cab1 100644
--- a/js/page/referral.js
+++ b/js/page/referral.js
@@ -108,15 +108,18 @@ var ReferralPage = React.createClass({
             </section>
           </div>
         </form>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'referralInfo'} onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'referralInfo'} contentLabel="Credit earnings"
+               onConfirmed={this.handleFinished}>
           {this.state.referralCredits > 0
             ? `You have earned ${response.referralCredits} credits from referrals. We will credit your account shortly. Thanks!`
             : 'You have not earned any new referral credits since the last time you checked. Please check back in a week or two.'}
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'lookupFailed'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'lookupFailed'} contentLabel={failureReason}
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           {this.state.failureReason}
         </Modal>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'couldNotConnect'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'couldNotConnect'} contentLabel="Couldn't confirm referral code"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           LBRY couldn't connect to our servers to confirm your referral code. Please check your internet connection.
         </Modal>
       </main>
diff --git a/js/page/report.js b/js/page/report.js
index 6cac655a7..47a4d2a7a 100644
--- a/js/page/report.js
+++ b/js/page/report.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ var ReportPage = React.createClass({
           <h3>Developer?</h3>
           You can also <Link href="https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/issues" label="submit an issue on GitHub"/>.
         </section>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'submitted'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'submitted'} contentLabel="Bug report submitted"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           Your bug report has been submitted! Thank you for your feedback.
         </Modal>
       </main>
diff --git a/js/page/wallet.js b/js/page/wallet.js
index bbc0505a6..05ee8db9e 100644
--- a/js/page/wallet.js
+++ b/js/page/wallet.js
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ var SendToAddressSection = React.createClass({
               : ''
           }
         </form>
-        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal === 'insufficientBalance'} onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
+        <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal === 'insufficientBalance'} contentLabel="Insufficient balance"
+               onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
           Insufficient balance: after this transaction you would have less than 1 LBC in your wallet.
         </Modal>
       </section>