diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
index c9c1a60..cd64dfc 100644
--- a/STATUS.md
+++ b/STATUS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@
 Checkpoint for the standalone desktop app. Prepend a new dated section per
 material change; keep history below.
 
+## 2026-09-15 (evening) — summarize progress bar, job adoption
+
+**Committed:** `7fa99e8` streaming summarize progress, `ba54cb8` job adoption.
+
+- Summarize now shows a real determinate bar + `Summarizing… N%` (same look
+  as the main screen). Backend: both LLM adapters stream (SSE / NDJSON) and
+  report 0–99% as tokens arrive; 100 only on success. No fake movement —
+  before the first token the label reads "Summarizing… waiting for model"
+  (cold LLM / server queueing was indistinguishable from a dead app).
+- Adoption of engine jobs across app restarts: startup scan no longer skips
+  files that have a report (re-summarize was orphaned), a reprocess that
+  hits 409 "already running" attaches to the running job instead of
+  erroring, and live work outranks a saved report in library status.
+- Verified live: screencap 19:41 — library row shows the bar + waiting
+  label mid re-summarize; job settled to succeeded 100 with the % racing
+  48→99→100 once tokens flowed (H200 queueing caused the earlier "nothing
+  happens"). pytest 79 passed/1 skipped · ruff clean · gradle green.
+- Note: the dev loop died once (~19:35, cause unclear — gradle `run` exit
+  143 chain); relaunched via background `./desktop-dev.sh`.
+
+**Done earlier (Sep 15 morning):** see below.
+
 ## 2026-09-15 — standalone desktop, Android fully removed
 
 **Verified state (live this session):**
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 058c099..32bf2c4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.material3.TextButton
 import androidx.compose.runtime.collectAsState
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
@@ -539,6 +540,15 @@ 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) }
+    // Transcript edit mode: draft holds the working text (null = viewing).
+    // Keyed on file AND transcript version: switching recordings or a
+    // successful save (version bump) drops the draft back to viewing.
+    var editDraft by remember(detail.file.name, detail.transcript?.version) {
+        mutableStateOf<String?>(null)
+    }
+    var savingTranscript by remember(detail.file.name) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    // The save (or its failure) clears busy — release the button lock.
+    LaunchedEffect(detail.busy) { if (detail.busy == null) savingTranscript = false }
     val playingFile by state.playingFile.collectAsState()
     val playError by state.playError.collectAsState()
     val isPlaying = playingFile?.absolutePath == detail.file.absolutePath
@@ -697,7 +707,8 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
             val label = when {
                 it.status == "running" && it.progress != null ->
                     "Summarizing… ${it.progress}%"
-                it.status == "running" -> "Summarizing… waiting for model"
+                it.status == "running" -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
+                    DesktopState.waitSuffix(it.startedAt, System.currentTimeMillis())
                 else -> "Summary queued"
             }
             Text(label, style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium,
@@ -727,22 +738,66 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
             Button({ state.transcribe() }) { Text("Transcribe") }
         }
         detail.transcript?.let { t ->
-            Text("Transcript", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
-            LazyColumn(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().weight(1f),
-                verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp)) {
-                if (t.segments.isNotEmpty()) {
-                    items(t.segments.size) { i ->
-                        val s = t.segments[i]
-                        Text("[${fmtTs(s.startSec)}]  ${s.text}",
-                            style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium)
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    item { Text(t.text) }
+            val remoteKnownForEdit = state.remoteIdFor(detail.file) != null
+            Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
+                Text("Transcript", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
+                if (t.editedByUser) {
+                    Spacer(Modifier.width(8.dp))
+                    Text("· edited by you",
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
+                }
+                Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
+                if (editDraft == null && remoteKnownForEdit && detail.busy == null) {
+                    TextButton({
+                        editDraft = if (t.segments.isNotEmpty())
+                            t.segments.joinToString("\n") { it.text } else t.text
+                    }) { Text("Edit") }
                 }
             }
-            Text("Saved to ${detail.file.nameWithoutExtension}.transcript.md",
-                style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
-                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+            val draft = editDraft
+            if (draft == null) {
+                LazyColumn(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().weight(1f),
+                    verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(4.dp)) {
+                    if (t.segments.isNotEmpty()) {
+                        items(t.segments.size) { i ->
+                            val s = t.segments[i]
+                            Text("[${fmtTs(s.startSec)}]  ${s.text}",
+                                style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium)
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        item { Text(t.text) }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                OutlinedTextField(
+                    value = draft,
+                    onValueChange = { editDraft = it },
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().weight(1f),
+                )
+                Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
+                    Button(
+                        enabled = draft.isNotBlank() && !savingTranscript,
+                        onClick = {
+                            savingTranscript = true
+                            state.saveTranscriptEdit(draft)
+                        },
+                    ) { Text(if (savingTranscript) "Saving…" else "Save") }
+                    OutlinedButton(
+                        enabled = !savingTranscript,
+                        onClick = { editDraft = null },
+                    ) { Text("Cancel") }
+                }
+                Text("Your corrected words are saved as the official version — " +
+                    "re-transcribing later will not overwrite them.",
+                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+            }
+            if (editDraft == null) {
+                Text("Saved to ${detail.file.nameWithoutExtension}.transcript.md",
+                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+            }
         }
         detail.summary?.let { s ->
             if (s.short.isNotBlank()) {
@@ -833,7 +888,9 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                     append(when {
                         sStatus == "queued" -> "Queued…"
                         sProg != null && sProg > 0 -> "Summarizing… $sProg%"
-                        else -> "Summarizing… waiting for model"
+                        else -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
+                            DesktopState.waitSuffix(sJob?.startedAt,
+                                System.currentTimeMillis())
                     })
                     sumTone?.let { append(" · $it") }
                     if (sAttempt > 0)
@@ -917,6 +974,7 @@ fun SettingsScreen(state: DesktopState) {
     val modelsError = state.modelsError.collectAsState().value
     val url by state.serverUrl.collectAsState()
     val folder by state.folder.collectAsState()
+    val summarizer by state.summarizer.collectAsState()
     var showPicker by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
 
     // Root is scrollable: in split-screen/short windows the model cards
@@ -941,6 +999,33 @@ fun SettingsScreen(state: DesktopState) {
             }
         }
         Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
+        Text("Summarizer", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
+        Text("Where summaries are written. Restarting the engine applies " +
+            "the choice; work already running carries over.",
+            style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+        Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp)) {
+            FilterChip(selected = summarizer == "auto",
+                onClick = { state.setSummarizer("auto") },
+                label = { Text("Auto") })
+            FilterChip(selected = summarizer == "lan",
+                onClick = { state.setSummarizer("lan") },
+                label = { Text("LAN server (H200)") })
+            FilterChip(selected = summarizer == "local",
+                onClick = { state.setSummarizer("local") },
+                label = { Text("This laptop (Ollama)") })
+        }
+        Text(when (summarizer) {
+                "lan" -> "Best quality; shares the H200 with other clients — " +
+                    "summaries may wait in its queue before starting."
+                "local" -> "Private and never queued behind other users; " +
+                    "smaller model, so summaries are plainer."
+                else -> "Uses the LAN server when its key is available, " +
+                    "otherwise this laptop's Ollama."
+            },
+            style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
         Text("Default transcription model", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
         Text("Applies to future transcriptions. Each recording keeps the model it used.",
             style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
index 117fdb7..a79a87d 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import org.junit.Test
 
 class JobProgressTest {
 
-    private fun job(type: String, status: String, stage: String? = null, progress: Int? = null) =
-        JobInfo(jobType = type, status = status, stage = stage, progress = progress)
+    private fun job(type: String, status: String, stage: String? = null, progress: Int? = null,
+                    startedIso: String? = null) =
+        JobInfo(jobType = type, status = status, stage = stage, progress = progress,
+            startedAt = startedIso)
 
     @Test fun `idle when nothing running`() {
         assertNull(DesktopState.jobProgress(emptyList()))
@@ -55,4 +57,28 @@ class JobProgressTest {
         assertEquals("summarizing… 37%", p?.label)
         assertEquals(0.37f, p!!.fraction!!, 0.0001f)
     }
+
+    @Test fun `waiting label carries elapsed time`() {
+        // Second-exact base: LocalDateTime.toString drops trailing zeros,
+        // so fractional drift would round the label to 1:22.
+        val t0 = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 * 1000
+        val iso = java.time.LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+            java.time.Instant.ofEpochMilli(t0 - 83_000), java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC)
+            .withNano(0).toString()
+        val p = DesktopState.jobProgress(
+            listOf(job("summarize", "running", startedIso = iso)), nowMs = t0)
+        assertEquals("summarizing… waiting for model · 1:23", p?.label)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `waitSuffix formats and ignores unknowns`() {
+        val t = java.time.LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 16, 15, 0, 0)
+        val now = t.toInstant(java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC).toEpochMilli()
+        assertEquals("", DesktopState.waitSuffix(null, now))
+        assertEquals("", DesktopState.waitSuffix("garbage", now))
+        assertEquals("", DesktopState.waitSuffix(t.minusSeconds(3).toString(), now))
+        assertEquals(" · 42s", DesktopState.waitSuffix(t.minusSeconds(42).toString(), now))
+        assertEquals(" · 5:01", DesktopState.waitSuffix(t.minusSeconds(301).toString(), now))
+        assertEquals(" · 1:02", DesktopState.waitSuffix(
+            t.minusSeconds(62).toString() + "Z", now))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt b/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
index 0e92cea..84b99fe 100644
--- a/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
+++ b/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ data class JobInfo(
     /** Display-only phase ("loading-model", "transcribing") + 0-100 progress. */
     val stage: String? = null,
     val progress: Int? = null,
+    /** ISO-8601 UTC when the job started running (null if unknown). */
+    val startedAt: String? = null,
 )
 
 /** Summary content keys, in display order. */
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ fun parseJobs(raw: String): List<JobInfo> = runCatching {
             error = o.optString("error", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
             stage = o.optString("stage", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
             progress = if (o.has("progress") && !o.isNull("progress")) o.optInt("progress") else null,
+            startedAt = o.optString("started_at", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
         )
     }
 }.getOrDefault(emptyList())