diff --git a/lib/interactivity-api.php b/lib/interactivity-api.php
index 90535f1ebaa42..c00d68bc70e8e 100644
--- a/lib/interactivity-api.php
+++ b/lib/interactivity-api.php
@@ -24,9 +24,41 @@ function gutenberg_reregister_interactivity_script_modules() {
 	wp_register_script_module(
 		'@wordpress/interactivity-router',
 		gutenberg_url( '/build-module/interactivity-router/index.min.js' ),
-		array( '@wordpress/interactivity' ),
+		array(
+			array(
+				'id'     => '@wordpress/a11y',
+				'import' => 'dynamic',
+			),
+			'@wordpress/interactivity',
+		),
 		$default_version
 	);
 }
-
 add_action( 'init', 'gutenberg_reregister_interactivity_script_modules' );
+
+/**
+ * Adds script data to the interactivity-router script module.
+ *
+ * This filter is registered conditionally anticipating a WordPress Core change to add the script module data.
+ * The filter runs on 'after_setup_theme' (when Core registers Interactivity and Script Modules hooks)
+ * to ensure that the conditional registration happens after Core and correctly determine whether
+ * the filter should be added.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/7304
+ */
+function gutenberg_register_interactivity_script_module_data_hooks() {
+	if ( ! has_filter( 'script_module_data_@wordpress/interactivity-router', array( wp_interactivity(), 'filter_script_module_interactivity_router_data' ) ) ) {
+		add_filter(
+			'script_module_data_@wordpress/interactivity-router',
+			function ( $data ) {
+				if ( ! isset( $data['i18n'] ) ) {
+					$data['i18n'] = array();
+				}
+				$data['i18n']['loading'] = __( 'Loading page, please wait.', 'default' );
+				$data['i18n']['loaded']  = __( 'Page Loaded.', 'default' );
+				return $data;
+			}
+		);
+	}
+}
+add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'gutenberg_register_interactivity_script_module_data_hooks', 20 );
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49d1ad6b123b7..dcdc5043ac6d8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -54329,6 +54329,7 @@
 			"version": "2.7.0",
 			"license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 			"dependencies": {
+				"@wordpress/a11y": "file:../a11y",
 				"@wordpress/interactivity": "file:../interactivity"
 			},
 			"engines": {
@@ -69038,6 +69039,7 @@
 		"@wordpress/interactivity-router": {
 			"version": "file:packages/interactivity-router",
 			"requires": {
+				"@wordpress/a11y": "file:../a11y",
 				"@wordpress/interactivity": "file:../interactivity"
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/packages/interactivity-router/package.json b/packages/interactivity-router/package.json
index db85c0d8bdba3..7282ee0b00f9c 100644
--- a/packages/interactivity-router/package.json
+++ b/packages/interactivity-router/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	"types": "build-types",
 	"wpScriptModuleExports": "./build-module/index.js",
 	"dependencies": {
+		"@wordpress/a11y": "file:../a11y",
 		"@wordpress/interactivity": "file:../interactivity"
 	},
 	"publishConfig": {
diff --git a/packages/interactivity-router/src/index.ts b/packages/interactivity-router/src/index.ts
index c6e1087b038a5..3bd44c7aebd71 100644
--- a/packages/interactivity-router/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/interactivity-router/src/index.ts
@@ -209,16 +209,37 @@ const isValidEvent = ( event: MouseEvent ) =>
 // Variable to store the current navigation.
 let navigatingTo = '';
 
-export const { state, actions } = store( 'core/router', {
+let hasLoadedNavigationTextsData = false;
+const navigationTexts = {
+	loading: 'Loading page, please wait.',
+	loaded: 'Page Loaded.',
+};
+
+interface Store {
+	state: {
+		url: string;
+		navigation: {
+			hasStarted: boolean;
+			hasFinished: boolean;
+			message: string;
+			texts?: {
+				loading?: string;
+				loaded?: string;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+	actions: {
+		navigate: ( href: string, options?: NavigateOptions ) => void;
+		prefetch: ( url: string, options?: PrefetchOptions ) => void;
+	};
+}
+
+export const { state, actions } = store< Store >( 'core/router', {
 	state: {
 		url: window.location.href,
 		navigation: {
 			hasStarted: false,
 			hasFinished: false,
-			texts: {
-				loading: '',
-				loaded: '',
-			},
 			message: '',
 		},
 	},
@@ -275,7 +296,7 @@ export const { state, actions } = store( 'core/router', {
 					navigation.hasFinished = false;
 				}
 				if ( screenReaderAnnouncement ) {
-					navigation.message = navigation.texts.loading;
+					a11ySpeak( 'loading' );
 				}
 			}, 400 );
 
@@ -315,14 +336,7 @@ export const { state, actions } = store( 'core/router', {
 				}
 
 				if ( screenReaderAnnouncement ) {
-					// Announce that the page has been loaded. If the message is the
-					// same, we use a no-break space similar to the @wordpress/a11y
-					// package: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/c395242b8e6ee20f8b06c199e4fc2920d7018af1/packages/a11y/src/filter-message.js#L20-L26
-					navigation.message =
-						navigation.texts.loaded +
-						( navigation.message === navigation.texts.loaded
-							? '\u00A0'
-							: '' );
+					a11ySpeak( 'loaded' );
 				}
 
 				// Scroll to the anchor if exits in the link.
@@ -363,6 +377,58 @@ export const { state, actions } = store( 'core/router', {
 	},
 } );
 
+/**
+ * Announces a message to screen readers.
+ *
+ * This is a wrapper around the `@wordpress/a11y` package's `speak` function. It handles importing
+ * the package on demand and should be used instead of calling `ally.speak` direacly.
+ *
+ * @param messageKey The message to be announced by assistive technologies.
+ */
+function a11ySpeak( messageKey: keyof typeof navigationTexts ) {
+	if ( ! hasLoadedNavigationTextsData ) {
+		hasLoadedNavigationTextsData = true;
+		const content = document.getElementById(
+			'wp-script-module-data-@wordpress/interactivity-router'
+		)?.textContent;
+		if ( content ) {
+			try {
+				const parsed = JSON.parse( content );
+				if ( typeof parsed?.i18n?.loading === 'string' ) {
+					navigationTexts.loading = parsed.i18n.loading;
+				}
+				if ( typeof parsed?.i18n?.loaded === 'string' ) {
+					navigationTexts.loaded = parsed.i18n.loaded;
+				}
+			} catch {}
+		} else {
+			// Fallback to localized strings from Interactivity API state.
+			if ( state.navigation.texts?.loading ) {
+				navigationTexts.loading = state.navigation.texts.loading;
+			}
+			if ( state.navigation.texts?.loaded ) {
+				navigationTexts.loaded = state.navigation.texts.loaded;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	const message = navigationTexts[ messageKey ];
+
+	if ( globalThis.IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN ) {
+		import( '@wordpress/a11y' ).then(
+			( { speak } ) => speak( message ),
+			// Ignore failures to load the a11y module.
+			() => {}
+		);
+	} else {
+		state.navigation.message =
+			// Announce that the page has been loaded. If the message is the
+			// same, we use a no-break space similar to the @wordpress/a11y
+			// package: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/c395242b8e6ee20f8b06c199e4fc2920d7018af1/packages/a11y/src/filter-message.js#L20-L26
+			message + ( state.navigation.message === message ? '\u00A0' : '' );
+	}
+}
+
 // Add click and prefetch to all links.
 if ( globalThis.IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN ) {
 	if ( navigationMode === 'fullPage' ) {
diff --git a/packages/interactivity-router/tsconfig.json b/packages/interactivity-router/tsconfig.json
index eff80af2f28db..f601a26a86f5f 100644
--- a/packages/interactivity-router/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/interactivity-router/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 		"checkJs": false,
 		"strict": false
 	},
-	"references": [ { "path": "../interactivity" } ],
+	"references": [ { "path": "../a11y" }, { "path": "../interactivity" } ],
 	"include": [ "src/**/*" ]
 }