diff --git a/accessible/clipboard.service.js b/accessible/clipboard.service.js
index 6048e1c2c..246d9a2af 100644
--- a/accessible/clipboard.service.js
+++ b/accessible/clipboard.service.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ blocklyApp.ClipboardService = ng.core
       alert(
           Blockly.Msg.PASTED_BLOCK_FROM_CLIPBOARD_MSG +
           reconstitutedBlock.toString());
+      return reconstitutedBlock.id;
     },
     pasteToMarkedConnection: function(block) {
       var xml = Blockly.Xml.blockToDom(block);
diff --git a/accessible/workspace-tree.component.js b/accessible/workspace-tree.component.js
index 1d42d6a43..6c11b0c47 100644
--- a/accessible/workspace-tree.component.js
+++ b/accessible/workspace-tree.component.js
@@ -157,13 +157,18 @@ blocklyApp.WorkspaceTreeComponent = ng.core
         // If the connection is a 'previousConnection' and that connection is
         // already joined to something, use the 'nextConnection' of the
         // previous block instead in order to do an insertion.
+        var newBlockId = null;
+
         if (connection.type == Blockly.PREVIOUS_STATEMENT &&
             connection.isConnected()) {
-          that.clipboardService.pasteFromClipboard(
+          newBlockId = that.clipboardService.pasteFromClipboard(
               connection.targetConnection);
         } else {
-          that.clipboardService.pasteFromClipboard(connection);
+          newBlockId = that.clipboardService.pasteFromClipboard(connection);
         }
+
+        // Move the screenreader focus to the newly-pasted block.
+        that.treeService.setActiveDesc(newBlockId + 'blockRoot', that.tree.id);
       }, this.tree.id);
     },
     moveToMarkedSpot_: function() {