diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
index 8bc38c258e..afb2b94f51 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.ViewParent;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
 import android.widget.Checkable;
@@ -402,6 +403,14 @@ public abstract class PagedView extends ViewGroup {
             if (mTouchState == TOUCH_STATE_REST) {
                 pageEndMoving();
             }
+
+            // Notify the user when the page changes
+            if (AccessibilityManager.getInstance(getContext()).isEnabled()) {
+                AccessibilityEvent ev =
+                    AccessibilityEvent.obtain(AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_SCROLLED);
+                ev.getText().add(getCurrentPageDescription());
+                sendAccessibilityEventUnchecked(ev);
+            }
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -1860,27 +1869,6 @@ public abstract class PagedView extends ViewGroup {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event) {
-        // Do not append text content to scroll events they are fired frequently
-        // and the client has already received another event type with the text.
-        if (event.getEventType() != AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_SCROLLED) {
-            super.dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent(event);
-        }
-
-        onPopulateAccessibilityEvent(event);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onPopulateAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event) {
-        super.onPopulateAccessibilityEvent(event);
-
-        if (event.getEventType() == AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_SCROLLED) {
-            event.getText().add(getCurrentPageDescription());
-        }
-    }
-
     protected String getCurrentPageDescription() {
         int page = (mNextPage != INVALID_PAGE) ? mNextPage : mCurrentPage;
         return String.format(mContext.getString(R.string.default_scroll_format),