diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/user-list/user-list-content/user-participants/user-list-item/user-dropdown/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/user-list/user-list-content/user-participants/user-list-item/user-dropdown/component.jsx
index 6b29e66e1c3982009bed2daadb67e0da60d3a688..5d00ae901c2788bbc3977c2e5683c2acdf6de54b 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/user-list/user-list-content/user-participants/user-list-item/user-dropdown/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/user-list/user-list-content/user-participants/user-list-item/user-dropdown/component.jsx
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     id: 'app.userList.menu.directoryLookup.label',
     description: 'Directory lookup',
   },
+  handAlertLabel: {
+    id: 'app.userList.handAlert',
+    description: 'text displayed in raise hand toast',
+  },
 });
 
 const propTypes = {
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ const propTypes = {
 };
 const CHAT_ENABLED = Meteor.settings.public.chat.enabled;
 const ROLE_MODERATOR = Meteor.settings.public.user.role_moderator;
+const MAX_ALERT_RANGE = 550;
 
 class UserDropdown extends PureComponent {
   /**
@@ -482,6 +487,7 @@ class UserDropdown extends PureComponent {
 
   renderUserAvatar() {
     const {
+      intl,
       normalizeEmojiName,
       user,
       currentUser,
@@ -503,12 +509,15 @@ class UserDropdown extends PureComponent {
 
     const iconVoiceOnlyUser = (<Icon iconName="audio_on" />);
     const userIcon = isVoiceOnly ? iconVoiceOnlyUser : iconUser;
+    const shouldAlert = user.emoji === 'raiseHand'
+      && currentUser.userId !== user.userId
+      && new Date() - user.emojiTime < MAX_ALERT_RANGE;
 
-    if (user.emoji === 'raiseHand' && currentUser.userId !== user.userId && user.emojiTime - Date.now() > 0) {
+    if (shouldAlert) {
       if (raiseHandAudioAlert) this.audio.play();
       if (raiseHandPushAlert) {
         notify(
-          `${user.name} has raised their hand`, 'info', 'hand',
+          `${user.name} ${intl.formatMessage(messages.handAlertLabel)}`, 'info', 'hand',
         );
       }
     }
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
index cad7c5d73827d12cd7808858a6a48d4fef66cf3b..44e35fb4e95e7708f2a39543a5c18b32430f5e6e 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "app.userList.messagesTitle": "Messages",
     "app.userList.notesTitle": "Notes",
     "app.userList.notesListItem.unreadContent": "New content is available in the shared notes section",
+    "app.userList.handAlert": "has raised their hand",
     "app.userList.captionsTitle": "Captions",
     "app.userList.presenter": "Presenter",
     "app.userList.you": "You",