diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/presentations/server/modifiers/addPresentation.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/presentations/server/modifiers/addPresentation.js
index 4086b4376503b4fa1093221d813f40d35d920082..d7c81657e0f96cc429f74fc5fe2726e37ca7cc9d 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/presentations/server/modifiers/addPresentation.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/presentations/server/modifiers/addPresentation.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { HTTP } from 'meteor/http';
 import { check } from 'meteor/check';
 import Presentations from '/imports/api/presentations';
 import Logger from '/imports/startup/server/logger';
@@ -6,10 +7,20 @@ import flat from 'flat';
 import addSlide from '/imports/api/slides/server/modifiers/addSlide';
 import setCurrentPresentation from './setCurrentPresentation';
 
+const getSlideText = async (url) => {
+  const file = await HTTP.get(url);
+
+  return file;
+};
+
 const addSlides = (meetingId, podId, presentationId, slides) => {
   const slidesAdded = [];
 
-  slides.forEach((slide) => {
+  slides.forEach(async (slide) => {
+    const { content } = await getSlideText(slide.txtUri);
+
+    Object.assign(slide, { content });
+
     slidesAdded.push(addSlide(meetingId, podId, presentationId, slide));
   });
 
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/slides/server/modifiers/addSlide.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/slides/server/modifiers/addSlide.js
index cc661a338635b378e3c96f679100ff65cd0efced..7d7d56be26d948e741948b69168a2ffc12cfed73 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/slides/server/modifiers/addSlide.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/slides/server/modifiers/addSlide.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export default function addSlide(meetingId, podId, presentationId, slide) {
     yOffset: Number,
     widthRatio: Number,
     heightRatio: Number,
+    content: String,
   });
 
   const selector = {
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/component.jsx
index a8e8262755373a30adb96afc095ebb81360c78c2..096ee2baf30f31a4ef65fb5fb2786af749cd3979 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/component.jsx
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ const intlMessages = defineMessages({
     id: 'app.presentationUploder.title',
     description: 'presentation area element label',
   },
+  slideContentStart: {
+    id: 'app.presentation.startSlideContent',
+    description: 'Indicate the slide content start',
+  },
+  slideContentEnd: {
+    id: 'app.presentation.endSlideContent',
+    description: 'Indicate the slide content end',
+  },
 });
 
 const isFullscreen = () => document.fullscreenElement !== null;
@@ -198,7 +206,7 @@ class PresentationArea extends Component {
   // renders the whole presentation area
   renderPresentationArea() {
     const { fitToWidth } = this.state;
-    const { podId, currentSlide } = this.props;
+    const { podId, currentSlide, intl } = this.props;
     if (!this.isPresentationAccessible()) return null;
 
     // to control the size of the svg wrapper manually
@@ -210,6 +218,10 @@ class PresentationArea extends Component {
     const presentationCloseButton = renderPresentationClose();
     const presentationFullscreenButton = this.renderPresentationFullscreen();
 
+    const slideContent = `${intl.formatMessage(intlMessages.slideContentStart)}
+     ${currentSlide.content}
+     ${intl.formatMessage(intlMessages.slideContentEnd)}`;
+
     // retrieving the pre-calculated data from the slide object
     const {
       x,
@@ -231,7 +243,10 @@ class PresentationArea extends Component {
     return (
       <div
         style={svgDimensions}
+        aria-label="Slide Content"
+        aria-describedby="currentSlideText"
       >
+        <p id="currentSlideText" hidden>{slideContent}</p>
         {presentationCloseButton}
         {presentationFullscreenButton}
         <TransitionGroup>
@@ -423,8 +438,8 @@ class PresentationArea extends Component {
             ref={(ref) => { this.refWhiteboardArea = ref; }}
             className={styles.whiteboardSizeAvailable}
           />
-          {showSlide ? this.renderPresentationArea() : null }
-          {userIsPresenter || multiUser ? this.renderWhiteboardToolbar() : null }
+          {showSlide ? this.renderPresentationArea() : null}
+          {userIsPresenter || multiUser ? this.renderWhiteboardToolbar() : null}
         </div>
         {this.renderPresentationToolbar()}
       </div>
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/service.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/service.js
index cec3e0b5c6bf07f107db98a9d86763cae2bad997..b990efe7c143a5e2bc4bc05e1c81ff168800a1b5 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/service.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/presentation/service.js
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ const getCurrentSlide = (podId) => {
       presentationId: currentPresentation.id,
       current: true,
     },
-    {
-      fields: {
-        meetingId: 0,
-        thumbUri: 0,
-        swfUri: 0,
-        txtUri: 0,
-        svgUri: 0,
-      },
-    },
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
index 76fadde7ec1d92a0fcdaf09647ab918f59684c0f..104fa4eb447531cb2ea5f670d7d9a9b130a93dc5 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     "app.meeting.alertMeetingEndsUnderOneMinute": "Meeting is closing in a minute.",
     "app.meeting.alertBreakoutEndsUnderOneMinute": "Breakout is closing in a minute.",
     "app.presentation.close": "Close presentation",
+    "app.presentation.startSlideContent": "Slide content start",
+    "app.presentation.endSlideContent": "Slide content end",
     "app.presentation.presentationToolbar.prevSlideLabel": "Previous slide",
     "app.presentation.presentationToolbar.prevSlideDesc": "Change the presentation to the previous slide",
     "app.presentation.presentationToolbar.nextSlideLabel": "Next slide",