diff --git a/core/misc/drupal.js b/core/misc/drupal.js
index 627e264a7843..d7a4e4033ae6 100644
--- a/core/misc/drupal.js
+++ b/core/misc/drupal.js
@@ -258,6 +258,69 @@ Drupal.t = function (str, args, options) {
   return str;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Adds an HTML element and method to trigger audio UAs to read system messages.
+ */
+(function (document, Drupal) {
+
+  var liveElement;
+
+  /**
+   * Builds a div element with the aria-live attribute and attaches it
+   * to the DOM.
+   */
+  Drupal.behaviors.drupalAnnounce = {
+    attach: function (settings, context) {
+      liveElement = document.createElement('div');
+      liveElement.id = 'drupal-live-announce';
+      liveElement.className = 'element-invisible';
+      liveElement.setAttribute('aria-live', 'polite');
+      liveElement.setAttribute('aria-busy', 'false');
+      document.body.appendChild(liveElement);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Triggers audio UAs to read the supplied text.
+   *
+   * @param {String} text
+   *   - A string to be read by the UA.
+   *
+   * @param {String} priority
+   *   - A string to indicate the priority of the message. Can be either
+   *   'polite' or 'assertive'. Polite is the default.
+   *
+   * Use Drupal.announce to indicate to screen reader users that an element on
+   * the page has changed state. For instance, if clicking a link loads 10 more
+   * items into a list, one might announce the change like this.
+   * $('#search-list')
+   *   .on('itemInsert', function (event, data) {
+   *     // Insert the new items.
+   *     $(data.container.el).append(data.items.el);
+   *     // Announce the change to the page contents.
+   *     Drupal.announce(Drupal.t('@count items added to @container',
+   *       {'@count': data.items.length, '@container': data.container.title}
+   *     ));
+   *   });
+   *
+   * @see http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-practices/#liveprops
+   */
+  Drupal.announce = function (text, priority) {
+    if (typeof text === 'string') {
+      // Clear the liveElement so that repeated strings will be read.
+      liveElement.innerHTML = '';
+      // Set the busy state to true until the node changes are complete.
+      liveElement.setAttribute('aria-busy', 'true');
+      // Set the priority to assertive, or default to polite.
+      liveElement.setAttribute('aria-live', (priority === 'assertive') ? 'assertive' : 'polite');
+      // Print the text to the live region.
+      liveElement.innerHTML = Drupal.checkPlain(text);
+      // The live text area is updated. Allow the AT to announce the text.
+      liveElement.setAttribute('aria-busy', 'false');
+    }
+  };
+}(document, Drupal));
+
 /**
  * Returns the URL to a Drupal page.
  */
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
index 8119199d7ecd..a5ed01ba28cc 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
@@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ class LocalePluralFormatTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->assertText('@count sati');
 
     // Edit langcode hr translations and see if that took effect.
+    $lid = db_query("SELECT lid FROM {locales_source} WHERE source = :source AND context = ''", array(':source' => "1 hour" . LOCALE_PLURAL_DELIMITER . "@count hours"))->fetchField();
     $edit = array(
-      'strings[10][translations][1]' => '@count sata edited',
+      "strings[$lid][translations][1]" => '@count sata edited',
     );
     $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Save translations'));
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ class LocalePluralFormatTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Edit langcode fr translations and see if that took effect.
     $edit = array(
-      'strings[10][translations][0]' => '@count heure edited',
+      "strings[$lid][translations][0]" => '@count heure edited',
     );
     $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Save translations'));