diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 1fc344b..81526cb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.heightIn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.widthIn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.items
 import androidx.compose.foundation.rememberScrollState
@@ -853,6 +854,43 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                     Text(it, style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
                         color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
                 }
+                // Voice controls FIRST under the summary — before the long
+                // sections. Every time they sat further down (page bottom,
+                // then below the bullets) they fell off-screen and read as
+                // "missing". They act on this summary; they live here.
+                run {
+                    val report = detail.reportText
+                    val hasTranscript = detail.transcript != null ||
+                        (report != null && !report.contains("_No transcript available._"))
+                    val remoteKnown = state.remoteIdFor(detail.file) != null
+                    val sumBusy = detail.jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "summarize" }
+                        ?.status in setOf("queued", "running")
+                    val voicesEnabled = remoteKnown && hasTranscript && !sumBusy
+                    Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp)) {
+                        Text("Re-summarize in the voice of",
+                            style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
+                            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+                        Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
+                            SUMMARIZE_PERSONAS.forEach { (label, tone) ->
+                                FilterChip(
+                                    selected = sumTone == tone,
+                                    enabled = voicesEnabled,
+                                    onClick = {
+                                        sumTone = tone
+                                        state.summarize(tone)
+                                    },
+                                    label = { Text(label) },
+                                )
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (!voicesEnabled && !remoteKnown) {
+                            Text("Summarize unlocks once this file is uploaded (press Transcribe).",
+                                style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
                 // Full structured sections (key points, decisions, action
                 // items, questions, details) right on screen — the saved
                 // .md report had them but the live view showed only the
@@ -878,38 +916,38 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                 Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
             }
         }
-        // Voice controls sit directly under the summary — they act on it,
-        // and at the page bottom (below a long transcript) they read as
-        // gone. Hoisted above the transcript section; same conditions.
+        // Re-transcribe + summarize progress (the chips themselves live
+        // under the summary for the live path; this block also covers a
+        // file opened as a saved report with no live summary object).
         if (detail.transcript != null || detail.reportText != null) {
-            // Honest labels: "Re-…" only when that output actually exists.
             val report = detail.reportText
             val hasTranscript = detail.transcript != null ||
                 (report != null && !report.contains("_No transcript available._"))
             val hasSummary = detail.summary != null ||
                 (report?.contains("## Summary") == true)
             val remoteKnown = state.remoteIdFor(detail.file) != null
-            // A voice chip IS the action: clicking one re-summarizes in
-            // that voice immediately — no separate Re-summarize button.
             val sumBusy = detail.jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "summarize" }
                 ?.status in setOf("queued", "running")
             val voicesEnabled = remoteKnown && hasTranscript && !sumBusy
-            Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp)) {
-                Text(if (hasSummary) "Re-summarize in the voice of"
-                     else "Summarize in the voice of",
-                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
-                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
-                Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
-                    SUMMARIZE_PERSONAS.forEach { (label, tone) ->
-                        FilterChip(
-                            selected = sumTone == tone,
-                            enabled = voicesEnabled,
-                            onClick = {
-                                sumTone = tone
-                                state.summarize(tone)
-                            },
-                            label = { Text(label) },
-                        )
+            if (detail.transcript == null) {
+                // Saved-report path: chips here, same rules.
+                Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp)) {
+                    Text(if (hasSummary) "Re-summarize in the voice of"
+                         else "Summarize in the voice of",
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+                    Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
+                        SUMMARIZE_PERSONAS.forEach { (label, tone) ->
+                            FilterChip(
+                                selected = sumTone == tone,
+                                enabled = voicesEnabled,
+                                onClick = {
+                                    sumTone = tone
+                                    state.summarize(tone)
+                                },
+                                label = { Text(label) },
+                            )
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }