diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
index 29292c7e16ea2e..7db489a0bc564c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ public static AccessibilityRole fromValue(@Nullable String value) {
       }
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid accessibility role value: " + value);
     }
+
+    public static @Nullable String fromAnyValue(@Nullable String value) {
+      for (AccessibilityRole role : AccessibilityRole.values()) {
+        if (getValue(role).equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+          return role.toString();
+        }
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 
   private final HashMap<Integer, String> mAccessibilityActionsMap;
@@ -304,8 +313,11 @@ public void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(View host, AccessibilityNodeInfoCo
     if (testId != null) {
       info.setViewIdResourceName(testId);
     }
-    boolean missingTextOrDescription =
-        info.getText() == null && info.getContentDescription() == null;
+    // need to check that string length is not == 0
+    boolean missingContentDescription = TextUtils.isEmpty(info.getContentDescription());
+    boolean missingText = TextUtils.isEmpty(info.getText());
+    boolean missingTextOrDescription = missingContentDescription && missingText;
+    // add check on placeholder
     boolean hasContentToAnnounce =
         accessibilityActions != null
             || accessibilityState != null
@@ -963,6 +975,20 @@ private static void addStateSegments(
     }
   }
 
+  public static @Nullable String getRoleDescription(AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat node) {
+    CharSequence role = node.getRoleDescription();
+    String roleDescription;
+
+    if (role == null || role == "") {
+      roleDescription =
+          ReactAccessibilityDelegate.AccessibilityRole.fromAnyValue((String) node.getClassName());
+    } else {
+      roleDescription = role.toString();
+    }
+
+    return roleDescription;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates the text that Google's TalkBack screen reader will read aloud for a given {@link View}.
    * This may be any combination of the {@link View}'s {@code text}, {@code contentDescription}, and
@@ -994,7 +1020,7 @@ public static CharSequence getTalkbackDescription(
 
       final boolean hasNodeText = !TextUtils.isEmpty(nodeText);
       final boolean isEditText = view instanceof EditText;
-      CharSequence roleDescription = node.getRoleDescription();
+      String roleDescription = getRoleDescription(node);
       // The original flipper implementation would check isActionableForAccessibility
       // The check was removed for this reason https://bit.ly/3wPnmPE
       boolean disabled = !node.isEnabled();
@@ -1037,8 +1063,7 @@ public static CharSequence getTalkbackDescription(
 
         // role
         if (roleDescription != null) {
-          String roleString = roleDescription.toString();
-          talkbackSegments.append(roleString + delimiter);
+          talkbackSegments.append(roleDescription + delimiter);
         }
 
         // disabled
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Accessibility/AccessibilityExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Accessibility/AccessibilityExample.js
index a8737f7d383410..69a7e7296bfa14 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Accessibility/AccessibilityExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Accessibility/AccessibilityExample.js
@@ -281,16 +281,21 @@ class AccessibilityExample extends React.Component<{}> {
         </RNTesterBlock>
 
         <RNTesterBlock title="TouchableNativeFeedback with non-accessible child Texts, one of them is an EditText">
-          <TouchableNativeFeedback
+          <View
             accessible={true}
             importantForAccessibility="yes"
             accessibilityRole="button">
-            <TextInput
-              accessible={false}
-              style={styles.default}
-              placeholder="this is the placeholder"
-            />
-          </TouchableNativeFeedback>
+            <View>
+              <Text accessible={false}>Text number 1</Text>
+              <TouchableNativeFeedback accessible={false} focusable={false}>
+                <TextInput
+                  accessible={false}
+                  focusable={false}
+                  style={styles.default}
+                />
+              </TouchableNativeFeedback>
+            </View>
+          </View>
         </RNTesterBlock>
       </View>
     );