diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/06_video_progress_slider.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/06_video_progress_slider.js
index b45494ca34..7741f6eadb 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/06_video_progress_slider.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/06_video_progress_slider.js
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ function () {
 
     function _buildHandle(state) {
         state.videoProgressSlider.handle = state.videoProgressSlider.el.find('.ui-slider-handle');
+
+        // ARIA
+        // Let screen readers know that this anchor behaves like a slider, is
+        // named 'video position' and give its state
+        state.videoProgressSlider.handle.attr({
+            'role': gettext('slider'),
+            'title': 'video position',
+            'aria-disabled': 'false',
+            'aria-valuetext': getTimeDescription(state.videoProgressSlider.slider.slider('option', 'value'))
+            //'aria-valuenow': state.videoProgressSlider.slider.slider('option', 'value'),
+            //'aria-valuemin': state.videoProgressSlider.slider.slider('option', 'min'),
+            //'aria-valuemax': state.videoProgressSlider.slider.slider('option', 'max')
+        });
     }
 
     // ***************************************************************
@@ -74,6 +87,10 @@ function () {
         this.videoProgressSlider.frozen = true;
 
         this.trigger('videoPlayer.onSlideSeek', {'type': 'onSlideSeek', 'time': ui.value});
+
+        // ARIA
+        this.videoProgressSlider.handle.attr('aria-valuetext', 
+                                             getTimeDescription(this.videoPlayer.currentTime));
     }
 
     function onStop(event, ui) {
@@ -83,6 +100,10 @@ function () {
 
         this.trigger('videoPlayer.onSlideSeek', {'type': 'onSlideSeek', 'time': ui.value});
 
+        // ARIA
+        this.videoProgressSlider.handle.attr('aria-valuetext',
+                                             getTimeDescription(this.videoPlayer.currentTime));
+
         setTimeout(function() {
             _this.videoProgressSlider.frozen = false;
         }, 200);
@@ -99,6 +120,53 @@ function () {
         }
     }
 
+    function getTimeDescription(time) {
+        var seconds = Math.floor(time),
+            minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60),
+            hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60),
+            hrStr, minStr, secStr;
+      seconds = seconds % 60;
+      minutes = minutes % 60;
+
+      hrStr = hours.toString(10);
+      minStr = minutes.toString(10);
+      secStr = seconds.toString(10);
+
+      if (hours) {
+        hrStr += (hours < 2 ? ' hour ' : ' hours ');
+        if (minutes) {  
+            minStr += (minutes < 2 ? ' minute ' : ' minutes ');
+        }
+        else {
+            minStr += ' 0 minutes ';
+        }
+        if (seconds) {   
+            secStr += (seconds < 2 ? ' second ' : ' seconds ');
+        }
+        else {
+            secStr += ' 0 seconds ';
+        }    
+        return hrStr + minStr + secStr;
+      }
+      else if (minutes) {
+        minStr += (minutes < 2 ? ' minute ' : ' minutes ');
+        if (seconds) {   
+            secStr += (seconds < 2 ? ' second ' : ' seconds ');
+        }
+        else {
+            secStr += ' 0 seconds ';
+        }
+        return minStr + secStr;
+      }
+      else if (seconds) {
+        secStr += (seconds < 2 ? ' second ' : ' seconds ');
+        return secStr;
+      }
+      else {
+        return '0 seconds';
+      }
+    }
+
 });
 
 }(RequireJS.requirejs, RequireJS.require, RequireJS.define));
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index 1974a08e6e..8ddaa68049 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             <div class="video-player-post"></div>
 
             <section class="video-controls">
-                <div class="slider" tabindex="0" title="Video position"></div>
+                <div class="slider" title="Video position"></div>
 
                 <div>
                     <ul class="vcr">