diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
index d966881..f236365 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
@@ -1957,6 +1957,21 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
                 listOf(uploadStage, tStage, sStage, fStage), elapsed, eta)
         }
 
+        /** Voice recorded inside a saved .transcript.md report — the
+         *  `*Voice: X*` metadata line written by Reports.renderReport.
+         *  Used when the live summary row isn't loaded (saved-report
+         *  view) so the voice chips can't contradict the report on
+         *  screen. "neutral" (or absent) maps to null. Pure — tested. */
+        fun reportVoice(reportText: String?): String? {
+            reportText ?: return null
+            val line = reportText.lineSequence().firstOrNull {
+                it.trim().startsWith("*Voice:")
+            } ?: return null
+            val v = line.trim().removePrefix("*Voice:").removeSuffix("*")
+                .trim()
+            return v.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() && !it.equals("neutral", true) }
+        }
+
         const val KEY_URL = "server.url"
         const val KEY_FOLDER = "library.folder"
         const val KEY_PASSWORD = "local.password"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index e35d0ed..cc8cbbd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -683,6 +683,11 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
     val chipTone: String? = when {
         sJobNow != null && sJobNow.status in setOf("queued", "running") -> sJobNow.tone
         sSummary != null -> sSummary.tone
+        // Live summary row unavailable (saved-report view): read the
+        // voice out of the report itself so the chips can't contradict
+        // the "*Voice: funny*" text on screen (user: report said funny,
+        // Neutral pill was highlighted).
+        detail.reportText != null -> DesktopState.reportVoice(detail.reportText)
         else -> sumTone
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
index c054e54..a8f6bf4 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
@@ -189,4 +189,22 @@ class JobProgressTest {
         assertNull(DesktopState.etaFrom(300, 99))  // no promising the last token
         assertEquals(25L, DesktopState.etaFrom(100, 80))
     }
+
+    // ---- reportVoice: chips follow the saved report's own voice ----
+
+    @Test fun `reportVoice reads the metadata line`() {
+        val md = "# X\n## Summary\n*Voice: funny*\n\ntext"
+        assertEquals("funny", DesktopState.reportVoice(md))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `reportVoice neutral and absent map to null`() {
+        assertNull(DesktopState.reportVoice("# X\n*Voice: neutral*\n"))
+        assertNull(DesktopState.reportVoice("# X\nno voice line\n"))
+        assertNull(DesktopState.reportVoice(null))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `reportVoice keeps multi-word tones intact`() {
+        assertEquals("dry, witty",
+            DesktopState.reportVoice("*Voice: dry, witty*"))
+    }
 }