diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 return array(
   'names' =>
   array(
-    'core.pkg.css' => 'c88bd7c6',
+    'core.pkg.css' => 'd7ef9652',
     'core.pkg.js' => '417722ff',
     'darkconsole.pkg.js' => 'ca8671ce',
     'differential.pkg.css' => '12c11318',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/application/subscriptions/subscribers-list.css' => '5bb30c78',
     'rsrc/css/application/tokens/tokens.css' => '5f7bca25',
     'rsrc/css/application/uiexample/example.css' => 'd07a5869',
-    'rsrc/css/core/core.css' => 'da26ddb2',
+    'rsrc/css/core/core.css' => 'c0737fe7',
     'rsrc/css/core/remarkup.css' => '0923dbd6',
     'rsrc/css/core/syntax.css' => '3c18c1cb',
     'rsrc/css/core/z-index.css' => '0d89d53c',
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
     'phabricator-busy' => '6453c869',
     'phabricator-chatlog-css' => '852140ff',
     'phabricator-content-source-view-css' => '4b8b05d4',
-    'phabricator-core-css' => 'da26ddb2',
+    'phabricator-core-css' => 'c0737fe7',
     'phabricator-countdown-css' => '86b7b0a0',
     'phabricator-crumbs-view-css' => '2d9db584',
     'phabricator-drag-and-drop-file-upload' => 'ae6abfba',
diff --git a/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php b/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
--- a/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
+++ b/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
         $application->getName());
 
       if ($application->isBeta()) {
-        $content[] = phutil_tag(
+        $content[] = javelin_tag(
           'span',
           array(
+            'aural' => false,
             'class' => 'phabricator-application-beta',
           ),
           "\xCE\xB2");
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/javelin/markup.php b/src/infrastructure/javelin/markup.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/javelin/markup.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/javelin/markup.php
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  if (isset($attributes['aural'])) {
+    if ($attributes['aural']) {
+      $class = idx($attributes, 'class', '');
+      $class = rtrim('aural-only '.$class);
+      $attributes['class'] = $class;
+    } else {
+      $class = idx($attributes, 'class', '');
+      $class = rtrim('visual-only '.$class);
+      $attributes['class'] = $class;
+      $attributes['aria-hidden'] = 'true';
+    }
+    unset($attributes['aural']);
+  }
+
   return phutil_tag($tag, $attributes, $content);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
--- a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
+++ b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@
       $classes[] = 'printable';
     }
 
+    if ($this->getRequest()->getStr('__aural__')) {
+      $classes[] = 'audible';
+    }
+
     return implode(' ', $classes);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuView.php b/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuView.php
--- a/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuView.php
+++ b/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuView.php
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
     $alerts = array();
     $search_button = '';
     $app_button = '';
+    $aural = null;
 
     if ($user->isLoggedIn() && $user->isUserActivated()) {
-      list($menu, $dropdowns) = $this->renderNotificationMenu();
+      list($menu, $dropdowns, $aural) = $this->renderNotificationMenu();
       $alerts[] = $menu;
       $menus = array_merge($menus, $dropdowns);
       $app_button = $this->renderApplicationMenuButton($header_id);
@@ -46,14 +47,24 @@
     $search_menu = $this->renderPhabricatorSearchMenu();
 
     if ($alerts) {
-      $alerts = phutil_tag(
+      $alerts = javelin_tag(
         'div',
         array(
           'class' => 'phabricator-main-menu-alerts',
+          'aural' => false,
         ),
         $alerts);
     }
 
+    if ($aural) {
+      $aural = javelin_tag(
+        'span',
+        array(
+          'aural' => true,
+        ),
+        phutil_implode_html(' ', $aural));
+    }
+
     $application_menu = $this->renderApplicationMenu();
     $classes = array();
     $classes[] = 'phabricator-main-menu';
@@ -71,6 +82,7 @@
         $search_button,
         $this->renderPhabricatorLogo(),
         $alerts,
+        $aural,
         $application_menu,
         $search_menu,
         $menus,
@@ -231,12 +243,20 @@
         'class' => 'phabricator-main-menu-logo',
         'href'  => '/',
       ),
-      phutil_tag(
-        'span',
-        array(
-          'class' => 'sprite-menu menu-logo-image '.$class,
-        ),
-        ''));
+      array(
+        javelin_tag(
+          'span',
+          array(
+            'aural' => true,
+          ),
+          pht('Home')),
+        phutil_tag(
+          'span',
+          array(
+            'class' => 'sprite-menu menu-logo-image '.$class,
+          ),
+          ''),
+      ));
   }
 
   private function renderNotificationMenu() {
@@ -251,6 +271,8 @@
       'alert-notifications',
     );
 
+    $aural = array();
+
     $message_tag = '';
     $message_notification_dropdown = '';
     $conpherence = 'PhabricatorApplicationConpherence';
@@ -265,6 +287,20 @@
         ->withParticipationStatus($unread_status)
         ->execute();
       $message_count_number = idx($unread, $user->getPHID(), 0);
+
+      if ($message_count_number) {
+        $aural[] = phutil_tag(
+          'a',
+          array(
+            'href' => '/conpherence/',
+          ),
+          pht(
+            '%s unread messages.',
+            new PhutilNumber($message_count_number)));
+      } else {
+        $aural[] = pht('No messages.');
+      }
+
       if ($message_count_number > 999) {
         $message_count_number = "\xE2\x88\x9E";
       }
@@ -328,6 +364,19 @@
     $count_number = id(new PhabricatorFeedStoryNotification())
       ->countUnread($user);
 
+    if ($count_number) {
+      $aural[] = phutil_tag(
+        'a',
+        array(
+          'href' => '/notification/',
+        ),
+        pht(
+          '%s unread notifications.',
+          new PhutilNumber($count_number)));
+    } else {
+      $aural[] = pht('No notifications.');
+    }
+
     if ($count_number > 999) {
       $count_number = "\xE2\x88\x9E";
     }
@@ -392,8 +441,12 @@
     }
 
     return array(
-      hsprintf('%s%s', $bubble_tag, $message_tag),
-      $dropdowns
+      array(
+        $bubble_tag,
+        $message_tag,
+      ),
+      $dropdowns,
+      $aural,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/core/core.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/core/core.css
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/core/core.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/core/core.css
@@ -123,3 +123,30 @@
   background: #bbbbbb;
   border: none;
 }
+
+.aural-only {
+  position: absolute !important;
+  clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
+}
+
+.visual-only {
+  /* These elements are hidden by the 'aria-hidden' attribute. */
+}
+
+.audible .aural-only {
+  clip: auto;
+  background: #006699;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  z-index: 100;
+}
+
+.audible .aural-only a {
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.audible .visual-only {
+  position: absolute !important;
+  background: #990066;
+  opacity: 0.25;
+}