diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
index 5fdd8d1aa90c..7375ae03ffc2 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.wordpress.android.ui.voicetocontent
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.app.Dialog
+import android.content.DialogInterface
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.compose.theme.AppTheme
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.util.audio.IAudioRecorder.Companion.REQUIRED_RECORDING_PERMISSIONS
 import android.provider.Settings
+import android.util.Log
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.compose.material.ExperimentalMaterialApi
 import com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetBehavior
@@ -68,15 +70,10 @@ class VoiceToContentDialogFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
                 @SuppressLint("SwitchIntDef")
                 override fun onStateChanged(bottomSheet: View, newState: Int) {
                     when (newState) {
-                        BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_HIDDEN -> {
-                            // Bottom sheet is hidden, you can listen for this event here
-                            viewModel.onBottomSheetClosed()
-                        }
+                        BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_HIDDEN,
                         BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_COLLAPSED -> {
-                            // Bottom sheet is collapsed, you can listen for this event here
-                            viewModel.onBottomSheetClosed()
+                            onBottomSheetClosed()
                         }
-                        // Handle other states if necessary
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -88,9 +85,25 @@ class VoiceToContentDialogFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
             // Disable touch interception by the bottom sheet to allow nested scrolling
             bottomSheet.setOnTouchListener { _, _ -> false }
         }
+
+        // Observe the ViewModel to update the cancelable state of closing on outside touch
+        viewModel.isCancelableOutsideTouch.observe(this) { cancelable ->
+            Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, "***=> disable outside touch")
+            dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(cancelable)
+        }
+
         return dialog
     }
 
+    override fun onDismiss(dialog: DialogInterface) {
+        super.onDismiss(dialog)
+        viewModel.onBottomSheetClosed()
+    }
+
+    private fun onBottomSheetClosed() {
+        dismiss()
+    }
+
     private fun observeViewModel() {
         viewModel.requestPermission.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) {
             requestAllPermissionsForRecording()
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
index a96c0c71ef0c..68fb9d361a32 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private val _onIneligibleForVoiceToContent = MutableLiveData<String>()
     val onIneligibleForVoiceToContent = _onIneligibleForVoiceToContent as LiveData<String>
 
+    private val _isCancelableOutsideTouch = MutableLiveData(true)
+    val isCancelableOutsideTouch: LiveData<Boolean> get() = _isCancelableOutsideTouch
+
     private var isStarted = false
 
     private val _state = MutableStateFlow(VoiceToContentUiState(
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun startRecording() {
         transitionToRecording()
+        disableDialogCancelableOutsideTouch()
         recordingUseCase.startRecording { audioRecorderResult ->
             when (audioRecorderResult) {
                 is Success -> {
@@ -149,6 +153,10 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun disableDialogCancelableOutsideTouch() {
+        _isCancelableOutsideTouch.value = false
+    }
+
     @Suppress("ReturnCount")
     private fun getRecordingFile(recordingPath: String): File? {
         if (recordingPath.isEmpty()) return null