diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap.go b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap.go
index 8b0db9d..3d5f0b5 100644
--- a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap.go
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap.go
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ func mapElement(element *rawElement) (treeNode, bool) {
 		attributes["hintText"] = label
 	} else if label != "" {
 		attributes["accessibilityText"] = label
+		if labelIsDisplayedText(element.Type) {
+			attributes["text"] = label
+		}
 	}
 
 	enabled := element.Enabled
@@ -150,6 +153,22 @@ func isEditable(elementType string) bool {
 	return elementType == "TextArea" || elementType == "TextField"
 }
 
+// labelIsDisplayedText reports whether an element type's AXLabel is the string
+// drawn on screen rather than an accessibility annotation about it. Only
+// StaticText qualifies: a text element's label IS what it renders, so it
+// belongs in `text`, matching a TextView on Android and a text node on web.
+//
+// Buttons and images are deliberately excluded even though a titled button's
+// label is also its visible title. The snapshot cannot tell that button apart
+// from an icon-only one whose label exists purely for VoiceOver, nor from a
+// container whose label is a comma-joined reading of its children ("CH,
+// Checking, $0.00, 0 transactions"). Inventing `text` for those would put
+// strings in `text` that no user can read, and would diverge from Android,
+// which leaves `text` empty and reports a contentDescription as `description`.
+func labelIsDisplayedText(elementType string) bool {
+	return elementType == "StaticText"
+}
+
 func stringValue(pointer *string) string {
 	if pointer == nil {
 		return ""
diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap_test.go b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap_test.go
index 7c488c0..1c7a938 100644
--- a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap_test.go
@@ -132,6 +132,79 @@ func TestNonEmptyValueMapsToText(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStaticTextLabelMapsToText(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":50,"height":18},
+		"AXLabel":"$239.00","AXValue":null,"enabled":true}]`
+	element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+	// A StaticText renders its label, so a spec reading .text must see it.
+	if element.Text != "$239.00" {
+		t.Fatalf("text = %q, want $239.00", element.Text)
+	}
+	// The raw label stays available: desc:/label:/content-desc: selectors and
+	// the settle hash read it on the iOS path.
+	if element.Description != "$239.00" {
+		t.Fatalf("description = %q, want $239.00", element.Description)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNonTextLabelStaysDescriptionOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	// An icon-only button's label is a VoiceOver annotation, and a container's
+	// is a comma-joined reading of its children. Neither is on screen, so
+	// neither may become text; Android reports both as description too.
+	cases := []struct{ elementType, label string }{
+		{"Button", "Log out"},
+		{"Image", "Avatar"},
+		{"Other", "CH, Checking, $0.00, 0 transactions"},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range cases {
+		dump := `[{"type":"` + testCase.elementType + `","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},
+			"AXLabel":"` + testCase.label + `","AXValue":null,"enabled":true}]`
+		element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+		if element.Text != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s text = %q, want empty", testCase.elementType, element.Text)
+		}
+		if element.Description != testCase.label {
+			t.Errorf("%s description = %q, want %q", testCase.elementType, element.Description, testCase.label)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Mirrors the folio Home screen as the companion actually dumps it: each
+// AccountCard is a Button carrying a merged VoiceOver label, with the name and
+// balance as StaticText siblings that the flat tree re-parents by containment.
+// Reading a card's balance is what folio's totalBalance extractor does, and it
+// read nothing on iOS until StaticText labels became text.
+func TestGoldenHomeCardBalancesAreReadableAsText(t *testing.T) {
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, readDump(t, "home-cards-describe.json"), 402, 874)
+
+	cards := tree.FindAllNodes("id:HomeScreen > id:AccountCard")
+	if len(cards) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("account cards = %d, want 2", len(cards))
+	}
+	want := []struct{ name, balance string }{{"Checking", "$12.34"}, {"Savings", "$500.00"}}
+	for i, card := range cards {
+		balance := card.Find("id:AccountBalance")
+		if balance == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("card %d: id:AccountBalance did not resolve", i)
+		}
+		if balance.Text != want[i].balance {
+			t.Errorf("card %d: balance text = %q, want %q", i, balance.Text, want[i].balance)
+		}
+		name := card.Find("id:AccountName")
+		if name == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("card %d: id:AccountName did not resolve", i)
+		}
+		if name.Text != want[i].name {
+			t.Errorf("card %d: name text = %q, want %q", i, name.Text, want[i].name)
+		}
+		// The card's own merged label is not visible text; the web fallback in
+		// the folio spec parses cardText and must not see a VoiceOver reading.
+		if card.Element.Text != "" {
+			t.Errorf("card %d: card text = %q, want empty", i, card.Element.Text)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEditableAndClickableFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		elementType   string
diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/home-cards-describe.json b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/home-cards-describe.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffc342d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/home-cards-describe.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[
+  {"type":"Application","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":402,"height":874},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"Folio","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":null},
+  {"type":"Other","frame":{"x":0,"y":62,"width":402,"height":778},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":null,"AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"HomeScreen"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":20,"y":76,"width":97,"height":24},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"Accounts","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":null},
+  {"type":"Button","frame":{"x":340,"y":71,"width":48,"height":48},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"Log out","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"LogoutButton"},
+  {"type":"Button","frame":{"x":20,"y":130,"width":362,"height":72},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"CH, Checking, $12.34, 0 transactions","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountCard"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":90,"y":150,"width":74,"height":18},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"Checking","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountName"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":313,"y":157,"width":53,"height":18},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"$12.34","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountBalance"},
+  {"type":"Button","frame":{"x":20,"y":210,"width":362,"height":72},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"SA, Savings, $500.00, 2 transactions","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountCard"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":90,"y":230,"width":66,"height":18},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"Savings","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountName"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":306,"y":237,"width":60,"height":18},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"$500.00","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AccountBalance"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":20,"y":716,"width":106,"height":14},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"TOTAL BALANCE","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":null},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":20,"y":731,"width":85,"height":33},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"$512.34","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":null},
+  {"type":"Button","frame":{"x":20,"y":777,"width":362,"height":48},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"+ Add account","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":"AddAccountButton"},
+  {"type":"StaticText","frame":{"x":141,"y":792,"width":121,"height":18},"enabled":true,"AXLabel":"+ Add account","AXValue":null,"AXUniqueId":null}
+]