diff --git a/.changeset/backdrops-voiceover.md b/.changeset/backdrops-voiceover.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e1d4513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/backdrops-voiceover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@gryt/ui-native": patch
+---
+
+Dialog and Drawer no longer hide their contents from VoiceOver. A VoiceOver user can also close them with the escape gesture now.
diff --git a/packages/ui-native/src/components/Dialog/Dialog.tsx b/packages/ui-native/src/components/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
index ee9030a9..78ee5a4a 100644
--- a/packages/ui-native/src/components/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-native/src/components/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ function Popup({
       // iOS hides everything behind a modal from VoiceOver with this; Android
       // gets the same effect from Modal itself.
       accessibilityViewIsModal
+      onAccessibilityEscape={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
       style={[
         {
           width: "100%",
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ function Popup({
       // AlertDialog turns it off for the same reason it turns off the scrim.
       onRequestClose={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
     >
+      {/* Not `accessible`: a Pressable is by default, and that hides everything inside it from VoiceOver. */}
       <Pressable
+        accessible={false}
         // The scrim doubles as the outside-press target, which is how Base UI
         // dismisses too.
         onPress={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
diff --git a/packages/ui-native/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx b/packages/ui-native/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
index c6610b46..d698cd29 100644
--- a/packages/ui-native/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-native/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ function Popup({
       animationType="none"
       onRequestClose={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
     >
+      {/* Not `accessible`: a Pressable is by default, and that hides everything inside it from VoiceOver. */}
       <Pressable
+        accessible={false}
         onPress={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
         style={{ flex: 1 }}
       >
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ function Popup({
         <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
           <Animated.View
             accessibilityViewIsModal
+            onAccessibilityEscape={dismissible ? () => setOpen(false) : undefined}
             style={[
               {
                 position: "absolute",
@@ -368,6 +371,7 @@ function Popup({
             ]}
           >
             <Pressable
+              accessible={false}
               onPress={() => {}}
               style={[
                 {