diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 47b88a0..b001d27 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -517,12 +517,17 @@ fun LibraryScreen(state: DesktopState) {
 
 /** Personalities offered beside Re-summarize: (label, tone sent to the
  *  engine). The tone string is interpolated into "in a <tone> tone of
- *  voice", so it must read naturally there. null = neutral house voice. */
+ *  voice", so it must read naturally there. null = neutral house voice.
+ *  CUSTOM_TONE opens a free-text box — the engine accepts any phrase. */
+private const val CUSTOM_TONE = "custom"
+
 private val SUMMARIZE_PERSONAS = listOf(
     "Neutral" to null,
     "Sarcastic" to "sarcastic",
     "Funny" to "funny",
     "Dry wit" to "dry, witty",
+    "Enthusiastic" to "enthusiastic",
+    "Storyteller" to "storyteller",
 )
 
 @androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
@@ -538,6 +543,10 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
     var recQuery by remember { mutableStateOf("") }
     // Voice for the next summarize: null = Neutral (server default).
     var sumTone by remember(detail.file.name) { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    var customTone by remember(detail.file.name) { mutableStateOf("") }
+    var showCustomDialog by remember(detail.file.name) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val effectiveTone = if (sumTone == CUSTOM_TONE)
+        customTone.trim().takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } else sumTone
     val playingFile by state.playingFile.collectAsState()
     val playError by state.playError.collectAsState()
     val isPlaying = playingFile?.absolutePath == detail.file.absolutePath
@@ -784,20 +793,93 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                             label = { Text(label) },
                         )
                     }
+                    FilterChip(
+                        selected = sumTone == CUSTOM_TONE,
+                        onClick = {
+                            sumTone = CUSTOM_TONE
+                            showCustomDialog = true
+                        },
+                        label = {
+                            Text(if (sumTone == CUSTOM_TONE &&
+                                    customTone.isNotBlank())
+                                "“${customTone.trim()}”" else "Other…")
+                        },
+                    )
+                }
+                if (showCustomDialog) {
+                    AlertDialog(
+                        onDismissRequest = { showCustomDialog = false },
+                        title = { Text("Any voice you like") },
+                        text = {
+                            Column {
+                                OutlinedTextField(customTone, {
+                                    if (it.length <= 60) customTone = it },
+                                    label = { Text("e.g. pirate, philosopher, sports caster") },
+                                    singleLine = true,
+                                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth())
+                                Text("Used as: “…in a <your words> tone of voice.”",
+                                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+                            }
+                        },
+                        confirmButton = {
+                            TextButton({
+                                if (customTone.isNotBlank())
+                                    showCustomDialog = false
+                            }) { Text("Use this voice") }
+                        },
+                        dismissButton = {
+                            TextButton({
+                                sumTone = null
+                                customTone = ""
+                                showCustomDialog = false
+                            }) { Text("Cancel") }
+                        },
+                    )
                 }
             }
             Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
                 TextButton({ state.transcribe() }) {
                     Text(if (hasTranscript) "Re-transcribe" else "Transcribe")
                 }
-                TextButton({ state.summarize(sumTone) },
-                    enabled = remoteKnown && hasTranscript) {
+                TextButton({ state.summarize(effectiveTone) },
+                    enabled = remoteKnown && hasTranscript &&
+                        !(sumTone == CUSTOM_TONE &&
+                            customTone.isBlank())) {
                     Text(buildString {
                         append(if (hasSummary) "Re-summarize" else "Summarize")
-                        sumTone?.let { append(" · $it") }
+                        effectiveTone?.let { append(" · $it") }
                     })
                 }
             }
+            // Progress right where the buttons are: the busy spinner near
+            // the top is off-screen once a report fills the page, which
+            // made a running summarize look like "nothing happens".
+            val sJob = detail.jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "summarize" }
+            val sRunning = sJob?.status in setOf("queued", "running")
+            if (sRunning) {
+                val sStatus = sJob?.status
+                val sProg = sJob?.progress
+                val sAttempt = sJob?.attempt ?: 0
+                if (sStatus == "running" && sProg != null && sProg > 0) {
+                    LinearProgressIndicator(
+                        progress = { sProg.coerceIn(0, 99) / 100f },
+                        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth())
+                } else {
+                    LinearProgressIndicator(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth())
+                }
+                Text(buildString {
+                    append(when {
+                        sStatus == "queued" -> "Queued…"
+                        sProg != null && sProg > 0 -> "Summarizing… $sProg%"
+                        else -> "Summarizing…"
+                    })
+                    effectiveTone?.let { append(" · $it") }
+                    if (sAttempt > 0)
+                        append(" (attempt $sAttempt/${sJob?.maxAttempts})")
+                }, style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
+            }
             if (!remoteKnown || !hasTranscript) {
                 Text(if (!hasTranscript)
                         "Summarize unlocks once this recording has a transcript."