diff --git a/src/components/TagSheet.tsx b/src/components/TagSheet.tsx
index 8afddb13..9bed8218 100644
--- a/src/components/TagSheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TagSheet.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   View, Text, StyleSheet, ScrollView, Pressable, Modal, Animated, Easing,
 } from 'react-native';
 import { X, Check, Tag } from './icons';
+import { tagCheckedState, tagRowAccessibility } from '../lib/tag-row-a11y';
 import { spacing, radius, typography, type ThemePalette } from '../theme/tokens';
 import { useColors } from '../theme/colors';
 import { useSheetDrag } from '../lib/use-sheet-drag';
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export function TagSheet({ visible, onClose, keywords, selectedEmails, onToggle
                 <Pressable
                   key={kw.id}
                   onPress={() => onToggle(token, !applied)}
+                  {...tagRowAccessibility(tagCheckedState(selectedEmails, token))}
                   style={({ pressed }) => [styles.row, tagRowIndent(kw.depth), pressed && styles.rowPressed]}
                 >
                   <Tag size={16} color={dot} fill={dot} />
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ export function TagSheet({ visible, onClose, keywords, selectedEmails, onToggle
               <Pressable
                 key={`unknown:${id}`}
                 onPress={() => onToggle(token, !applied)}
+                {...tagRowAccessibility(tagCheckedState(selectedEmails, token))}
                 style={({ pressed }) => [styles.row, pressed && styles.rowPressed]}
               >
                 <Tag size={16} color={c.tags.gray.dot} fill={c.tags.gray.dot} />
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/tag-row-a11y.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/tag-row-a11y.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b41d8012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/tag-row-a11y.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Tag picker rows showed a check mark but exposed no checked state.
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { tagCheckedState, tagRowAccessibility } from '../tag-row-a11y';
+
+describe('tag picker row state', () => {
+  const a = { keywords: { $label1: true } };
+  const b = { keywords: {} };
+
+  it('is checked when every selected email has the tag', () => {
+    expect(tagCheckedState([a, a], '$label1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(tagRowAccessibility(true)).toEqual({ accessibilityRole: 'checkbox', accessibilityState: { checked: true } });
+  });
+
+  it('is mixed when only some have it, unchecked when none do', () => {
+    expect(tagCheckedState([a, b], '$label1')).toBe('mixed');
+    expect(tagCheckedState([b], '$label1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(tagCheckedState([], '$label1')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('is spread onto both kinds of tag row', () => {
+    const source = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../components/TagSheet.tsx'), 'utf8');
+    const spreads = source.match(/\{\.\.\.tagRowAccessibility\(/g) ?? [];
+    expect(spreads.length).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/tag-row-a11y.ts b/src/lib/tag-row-a11y.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c0634d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/tag-row-a11y.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// What a tag picker row tells a screen reader. The rows drew a check mark
+// but said nothing about it, so TalkBack read a tag as a plain button. As in
+// the webmail tag picker (components/email/tag-picker.tsx, role
+// menuitemcheckbox with aria-checked true / "mixed" / false): checked when
+// every selected email has the tag, mixed when only some do.
+
+export type TagCheckedState = boolean | 'mixed';
+
+export function tagCheckedState(
+  selectedEmails: ReadonlyArray<{ keywords?: Record<string, boolean> | null }>,
+  token: string,
+): TagCheckedState {
+  if (selectedEmails.length === 0) return false;
+  const withTag = selectedEmails.filter((e) => !!e.keywords?.[token]).length;
+  if (withTag === 0) return false;
+  return withTag === selectedEmails.length ? true : 'mixed';
+}
+
+/** The row's role and state props. */
+export function tagRowAccessibility(checked: TagCheckedState): {
+  accessibilityRole: 'checkbox';
+  accessibilityState: { checked: TagCheckedState };
+} {
+  return { accessibilityRole: 'checkbox', accessibilityState: { checked } };
+}