diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Signup.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Signup.svelte
index b8273f8..ca08816 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Signup.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Signup.svelte
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@
   <form onsubmit={submit} class="card" aria-labelledby="signup-h">
     <h2 id="signup-h">Opprett konto</h2>
     {#if inviteToken}
-      <div class="banner">Du registrerer deg med en invitasjonslenke.</div>
+      <!-- role="status" lets AT users hear the context as a soft announcement
+           rather than have it buried in document order as a plain div. -->
+      <div class="banner" role="status">Du registrerer deg med en invitasjonslenke.</div>
     {/if}
     <p class="muted">
       Vi krypterer alt du markerer som <em>privat</em> i nettleseren din. Serveren