diff --git a/src/js/datetimepicker.js b/src/js/datetimepicker.js
index d2c586b4..8c57fc20 100644
--- a/src/js/datetimepicker.js
+++ b/src/js/datetimepicker.js
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
         '<table class="table table-condensed  {{ data.currentView }}-view">' +
         '   <thead>' +
         '       <tr>' +
-        '           <th class="left" data-ng-click="changeView(data.currentView, data.leftDate, $event)" data-ng-show="data.leftDate.selectable"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left"/></th>' +
+        '           <th class="left" data-ng-click="changeView(data.currentView, data.leftDate, $event)" data-ng-show="data.leftDate.selectable"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left"><span class="sr-only">Previous dates</span></i></th>' +
         '           <th class="switch" colspan="5" data-ng-show="data.previousViewDate.selectable" data-ng-click="changeView(data.previousView, data.previousViewDate, $event)">{{ data.previousViewDate.display }}</th>' +
-        '           <th class="right" data-ng-click="changeView(data.currentView, data.rightDate, $event)" data-ng-show="data.rightDate.selectable"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right"/></th>' +
+        '           <th class="right" data-ng-click="changeView(data.currentView, data.rightDate, $event)" data-ng-show="data.rightDate.selectable"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right"><span class="sr-only">Next dates</span></i></th>' +
         '       </tr>' +
         '       <tr>' +
         '           <th class="dow" data-ng-repeat="day in data.dayNames" >{{ day }}</th>' +
diff --git a/src/scss/_core.scss b/src/scss/_core.scss
index 68747f42..3663f145 100644
--- a/src/scss/_core.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_core.scss
@@ -106,5 +106,16 @@
   .future {
     color: $abdtp-color-past-future;
   }
+  
+  .sr-only {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 1px;
+    height: 1px;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: -1px;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    clip: rect(0,0,0,0);
+    border: 0;
+  }
 }