diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/composer/VoiceMessageRecorderView.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/composer/VoiceMessageRecorderView.kt
index e5f98c757d..f7b8cead37 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/composer/VoiceMessageRecorderView.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/composer/VoiceMessageRecorderView.kt
@@ -504,12 +504,14 @@ class VoiceMessageRecorderView : ConstraintLayout, VoiceMessagePlaybackTracker.L
         views.voiceMessagePlaybackTimerIndicator.isVisible = true
         views.voicePlaybackControlButton.isVisible = false
         views.voiceMessageSendButton.isVisible = true
+        views.voicePlaybackWaveform.importantForAccessibility = View.IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_YES
         renderToast(context.getString(R.string.voice_message_tap_to_stop_toast))
     }
 
     private fun showPlaybackViews() {
         views.voiceMessagePlaybackTimerIndicator.isVisible = false
         views.voicePlaybackControlButton.isVisible = true
+        views.voicePlaybackWaveform.importantForAccessibility = View.IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO
         callback?.onVoiceRecordingPlaybackModeOn()
     }
 
diff --git a/vector/src/main/res/layout/item_timeline_event_voice_stub.xml b/vector/src/main/res/layout/item_timeline_event_voice_stub.xml
index 21705566e9..2c8ade173a 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/res/layout/item_timeline_event_voice_stub.xml
+++ b/vector/src/main/res/layout/item_timeline_event_voice_stub.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
             android:layout_height="0dp"
             android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
             android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
+            android:importantForAccessibility="no"
             app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
             app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
             app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/voicePlaybackTime"
@@ -77,4 +78,4 @@
         app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/voicePlaybackLayout"
         tools:visibility="visible" />
 
-</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
diff --git a/vector/src/main/res/layout/view_voice_message_recorder.xml b/vector/src/main/res/layout/view_voice_message_recorder.xml
index d309761815..051928b73d 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/res/layout/view_voice_message_recorder.xml
+++ b/vector/src/main/res/layout/view_voice_message_recorder.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_marginTop="28dp"
-        android:contentDescription="@string/a11y_lock_voice_message"
+        android:importantForAccessibility="no"
         android:src="@drawable/ic_voice_message_unlocked"
         android:visibility="gone"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/voiceMessageMicButton"
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@
                 android:layout_height="0dp"
                 android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
                 android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
+                android:contentDescription="@string/a11y_stop_voice_message"
+                android:importantForAccessibility="no"
                 app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                 app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                 app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/voicePlaybackTime"
@@ -231,10 +233,11 @@
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_marginBottom="84dp"
         android:visibility="gone"
+        android:accessibilityLiveRegion="polite"
         app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
         tools:text="@string/voice_message_release_to_send_toast"
         tools:visibility="visible" />
 
-</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
diff --git a/vector/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/vector/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a6af86596d..5fea303432 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/vector/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -3577,13 +3577,14 @@
     <string name="error_failed_to_join_room">Sorry, an error occurred while trying to join: %s</string>
     <string name="call_jitsi_started">Group call started</string>
 
-    <string name="a11y_start_voice_message">Start Voice Message</string>
+    <string name="a11y_start_voice_message">Record Voice Message</string>
     <string name="voice_message_slide_to_cancel">Slide to cancel</string>
     <string name="a11y_lock_voice_message">Voice Message Lock</string>
     <string name="a11y_play_voice_message">Play Voice Message</string>
     <string name="a11y_pause_voice_message">Pause Voice Message</string>
+    <string name="a11y_stop_voice_message">Stop Recording</string>
     <string name="a11y_recording_voice_message">Recording voice message</string>
-    <string name="a11y_delete_recorded_voice_message">Delete recorded voice message</string>
+    <string name="a11y_delete_recorded_voice_message">Delete recording</string>
     <string name="voice_message_release_to_send_toast">Hold to record, release to send</string>
     <string name="voice_message_n_seconds_warning_toast">%1$ds left</string>
     <string name="voice_message_tap_to_stop_toast">Tap on your recording to stop or listen</string>