</div>
 
     <!-- deck.status snippet -->
-    <p class="deck-status">
+    <p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
       <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
       /
       <span class="deck-status-total"></span>
 
 <!-- Place the following snippet at the bottom of the deck container. -->
-<p class="deck-status">
+<p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
   <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
   /
   <span class="deck-status-total"></span>
-</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+</p>
 
     </div>
 
     <!-- deck.status snippet -->
-    <p class="deck-status">
+    <p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
       <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
       /
       <span class="deck-status-total"></span>
 
     <a href="#" class="deck-next-link">Next</a>
   </div>
 
-  <p class="deck-status">
+  <p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
     <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
     /
     <span class="deck-status-total"></span>
 
   <div class="slide toplevel">
   </div>
 
-  <p class="deck-status">
+  <p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
     <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
     /
     <span class="deck-status-total"></span>
 
     <a href="#" class="deck-next-link">Next</a>
   </div>
 
-  <p class="deck-status">
+  <p class="deck-status" aria-role="status">
     <span class="deck-status-current"></span>
     /
     <span class="deck-status-total"></span>