From 65fcd4a0cef3d35b519967e8e0a36c102e325f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chiara Mooney <34109996+chiaramooney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:12:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix announceForAccessibility

---
 .../Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp       | 20 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
index a09dfe49deb..7cb65e12a1a 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
@@ -41,27 +41,17 @@ void AccessibilityInfo::setAccessibilityFocus(double /*reactTag*/) noexcept {
 
 void AccessibilityInfo::announceForAccessibility(std::string announcement) noexcept {
   m_context.UIDispatcher().Post([context = m_context, announcement = std::move(announcement)] {
-    xaml::UIElement element{nullptr};
 
-    // Windows requires a specific element to announce from.  Unfortunately the react-native API does not provide a tag
-    // So we need to find something to try to raise the notification event from
+    // Windows requires a specific element to announce from. Unfortunately the react-native API does not provide a tag
+    // So we need to add a temporary control to raise the notification event from.
 
-    if (auto window = xaml::Window::Current()) {
-      element = window.Content();
-    }
-
-    if (!element && react::uwp::Is19H1OrHigher()) {
-      // XamlRoot added in 19H1
-      if (auto xamlRoot = React::XamlUIService::GetXamlRoot(context.Properties().Handle())) {
-        element = xamlRoot.Content();
-      }
-    }
+    auto textBlock = xaml::Controls::TextBlock();
 
-    if (!element) {
+    if (!textBlock) {
       return;
     }
 
-    auto peer = xaml::Automation::Peers::FrameworkElementAutomationPeer::FromElement(element);
+    auto peer = xaml::Automation::Peers::FrameworkElementAutomationPeer::FromElement(textBlock);
 
     if (!peer) {
       return;

From a756e8f8b32948a9fbd28c067598207dffbfab90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chiara Mooney <34109996+chiaramooney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:15:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Change files

---
 ...ative-windows-29f65fa8-43ca-4485-9da4-0168ac84cd17.json | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 change/react-native-windows-29f65fa8-43ca-4485-9da4-0168ac84cd17.json

diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-29f65fa8-43ca-4485-9da4-0168ac84cd17.json b/change/react-native-windows-29f65fa8-43ca-4485-9da4-0168ac84cd17.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87a580ff0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-29f65fa8-43ca-4485-9da4-0168ac84cd17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Fix announceForAccessibility",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "34109996+chiaramooney@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}

From 95328446fad1af4227074d294051df3fe4fd517d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chiara Mooney <34109996+chiaramooney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:17:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix Formatting Issues

---
 vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
index 7cb65e12a1a..ee4e68f5674 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Modules/AccessibilityInfoModule.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ void AccessibilityInfo::setAccessibilityFocus(double /*reactTag*/) noexcept {
 
 void AccessibilityInfo::announceForAccessibility(std::string announcement) noexcept {
   m_context.UIDispatcher().Post([context = m_context, announcement = std::move(announcement)] {
-
     // Windows requires a specific element to announce from. Unfortunately the react-native API does not provide a tag
     // So we need to add a temporary control to raise the notification event from.