diff --git a/src/TrackPanelAx.cpp b/src/TrackPanelAx.cpp
index 560e5ba8d..f379d9e7c 100644
--- a/src/TrackPanelAx.cpp
+++ b/src/TrackPanelAx.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void TrackPanelAx::Updated()
 #endif
 }
 
-void TrackPanelAx::MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message)
+void TrackPanelAx::MessageForScreenReader(const TranslatableString& message)
 {
 #if wxUSE_ACCESSIBILITY
    if (GetWindow() == wxWindow::FindFocus())
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void TrackPanelAx::MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message)
       auto t = GetFocus();
       int childId = t ? TrackNum(t) : 0;
 
-      mMessage = message;
+      mMessage = message.Translation();
 
       // append \a alernatively, so that the string is never the same as the previous string.
       // This ensures that screen readers read it.
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ void TrackFocus::SetAccessible(
 #endif
 }
 
-void TrackFocus::MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message)
+void TrackFocus::MessageForScreenReader(const TranslatableString& message)
 {
    if (mAx)
       mAx->MessageForScreenReader( message );
diff --git a/src/TrackPanelAx.h b/src/TrackPanelAx.h
index 4e92ec0d9..b7e37fdd1 100644
--- a/src/TrackPanelAx.h
+++ b/src/TrackPanelAx.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
    // Called to signal changes to a track
    void Updated();
 
-   void MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message);
+   void MessageForScreenReader(const TranslatableString& message);
 
 #if wxUSE_ACCESSIBILITY
    // Retrieves the address of an IDispatch interface for the specified child.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public:
    void SetAccessible( wxWindow &owner,
       std::unique_ptr< TrackPanelAx > pAccessible );
 
-   void MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message);
+   void MessageForScreenReader(const TranslatableString& message);
 
    void UpdateAccessibility();
 
diff --git a/src/menus/ClipMenus.cpp b/src/menus/ClipMenus.cpp
index da238a4ca..c13135b0c 100644
--- a/src/menus/ClipMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/ClipMenus.cpp
@@ -307,14 +307,15 @@ int FindClipBoundaries
 }
 
 // for clip boundary commands, create a message for screen readers
-wxString ClipBoundaryMessage(const std::vector<FoundClipBoundary>& results)
+TranslatableString ClipBoundaryMessage(
+   const std::vector<FoundClipBoundary>& results)
 {
-   wxString message;
+   TranslatableString message;
    for (auto& result : results) {
 
       auto longName = result.ComposeTrackName();
 
-      wxString str;
+      TranslatableString str;
       auto nClips = result.waveTrack->GetNumClips();
       if (result.nFound < 2) {
             /* i18n-hint: in the string after this one,
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ wxString ClipBoundaryMessage(const std::vector<FoundClipBoundary>& results)
             result.index1 + 1,
             nClips,
             longName
-         ).Translation();
+         );
       }
       else {
             /* i18n-hint: in the string after this one,
@@ -360,13 +361,13 @@ wxString ClipBoundaryMessage(const std::vector<FoundClipBoundary>& results)
             result.index2 + 1,
             nClips,
             longName
-         ).Translation();
+         );
       }
 
       if (message.empty())
          message = str;
       else
-         message = wxString::Format(_("%s, %s"), message, str);
+         message = XO("%s, %s").Format( message, str );
    }
 
    return message;
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ void DoSelectClipBoundary(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
 
       ProjectHistory::Get( project ).ModifyState(false);
 
-      wxString message = ClipBoundaryMessage(results);
+      auto message = ClipBoundaryMessage(results);
       trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(message);
    }
 }
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ void DoSelectClip(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
       window.ScrollIntoView(selectedRegion.t0());
 
       // create and send message to screen reader
-      wxString message;
+      TranslatableString message;
       for (auto& result : results) {
          auto longName = result.ComposeTrackName();
          auto nClips = result.waveTrack->GetNumClips();
@@ -593,12 +594,12 @@ void DoSelectClip(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
             result.index + 1,
             nClips,
             longName
-         ).Translation();
+         );
 
          if (message.empty())
             message = str;
          else
-            message = wxString::Format(_("%s, %s"), message, str);
+            message = XO("%s, %s").Format( message, str );
       }
       trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(message);
    }
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ void DoCursorClipBoundary
       ProjectHistory::Get( project ).ModifyState(false);
       window.ScrollIntoView(selectedRegion.t0());
 
-      wxString message = ClipBoundaryMessage(results);
+      auto message = ClipBoundaryMessage(results);
       trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(message);
    }
 }
@@ -726,7 +727,7 @@ void DoClipLeftOrRight
    }
 
    if ( amount == 0.0 )
-      trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader( _("clip not moved"));
+      trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader( XO("clip not moved"));
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/menus/TransportMenus.cpp b/src/menus/TransportMenus.cpp
index ce045e036..49b68d52a 100644
--- a/src/menus/TransportMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/TransportMenus.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void DoMoveToLabel(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
    auto nLabelTrack = trackRange.size();
 
    if (nLabelTrack == 0 ) {
-      trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(_("no label track"));
+      trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(XO("no label track"));
    }
    else if (nLabelTrack > 1) {
       // find first label track, if any, starting at the focused track
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void DoMoveToLabel(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
          *tracks.Find(trackFocus.Get()).Filter<LabelTrack>();
       if (!lt)
          trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(
-            _("no label track at or below focused track"));
+            XO("no label track at or below focused track"));
    }
 
    // If there is a single label track, or there is a label track at or below
@@ -180,13 +180,12 @@ void DoMoveToLabel(AudacityProject &project, bool next)
             window.RedrawProject();
          }
 
-         wxString message;
-         message.Printf(
-            wxT("%s %d of %d"), label->title, i + 1, lt->GetNumLabels() );
+         auto message = XO("%s %d of %d")
+            .Format( label->title, i + 1, lt->GetNumLabels() );
          trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(message);
       }
       else {
-         trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(_("no labels in label track"));
+         trackFocus.MessageForScreenReader(XO("no labels in label track"));
       }
    }
 }