# Storytelling Style — VoiceNet dimension guide

*Category:* Speaking Style · *code:* `vn_S_STRY` · *slot:* 95

This dimension measures how much the voice sounds like storytelling. Merge the `__high` / `__low` LoRA from `laion/moss-voicenet-dimension-loras` at 25/50/75/100/125%. Costs are shifts vs. the 24-sample neutral baseline.

**TL;DR.** **Storytelling Style** controls how much the voice sounds like storytelling. The **__high** LoRA shifts it +0.26 at 100% (worst cost: burst-blend -0.27); the **__low** LoRA shifts it -0.26 at 125% (worst cost: speech quality -0.29). The **__high** direction is the stronger, more reliable knob here.

## ▲ HIGH — Storytelling Style __high

| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.647 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% | 0.664 | +0.02 | -0.03 | +0.01 | +0.10 |
| 50% | 0.694 | +0.05 | -0.06 | +0.03 | +0.10 |
| 75% | 0.817 | +0.17 | -0.07 | -0.11 | +0.06 |
| 100% ★ | 0.911 | +0.26 | -0.09 | -0.27 | +0.09 |
| 125% | 0.851 | +0.20 | -0.07 | -0.31 | +0.03 |

- **EmoNet emotion** — ↑ Triumph (+0.45), Elation (+0.42), Amusement (+0.34); ↓ Relief (-0.60), Fatigue/Exhaustion (-0.47), Helplessness (-0.42)
- **VoiceNet dimension** — ↑ Focus (+0.86), Articulation Clarity (+0.84), Metallic Character (+0.81); ↓ Vulnerability (-0.62), Disfluency (-0.61), Genuineness (-0.53)

Merging **Storytelling Style __high** ramps the dimension: at the recommended **100%** dose the measured Storytelling Style score moves from a 0.65 baseline to 0.91 (a +0.26 shift). The dose-response is clean and monotonic — each step pushes the dimension further. That reach is a real cost — the biggest hit is to **burst-blend** (-0.27); across the board genuineness -0.09, burst-blend -0.27, speech quality +0.09. Emotionally it reads as Triumph (r 0.45), Elation (0.42) and Amusement (0.34), and it moves away from Relief, Fatigue/Exhaustion and Helplessness. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Focus (0.86), Articulation Clarity (0.84) and Metallic Character (0.81), while pulling down Vulnerability, Disfluency and Genuineness. Practical call: merge __high at **75–100%**; expect Triumph and Focus to rise and burst-blend to fall. If you don’t want Triumph bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Relief to keep the storytelling style shift without the side-effect.

## ▼ LOW — Storytelling Style __low

| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.647 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% | 0.461 | -0.19 | +0.00 | -0.16 | -0.23 |
| 50% | 0.648 | +0.00 | +0.01 | -0.26 | -0.02 |
| 75% | 0.536 | -0.11 | -0.01 | -0.07 | -0.06 |
| 100% | 0.658 | +0.01 | -0.02 | -0.29 | -0.09 |
| 125% ★ | 0.387 | -0.26 | +0.09 | -0.10 | -0.29 |

- **EmoNet emotion** — ↑ Interest (+0.75), Affection (+0.56), Hope/Enthusiasm/Optimism (+0.54); ↓ Impatience and Irritability (-0.58), Pain (-0.57), Fatigue/Exhaustion (-0.52)
- **VoiceNet dimension** — ↑ Narrator Style (+0.83), Smoothness (+0.82), Voice Age (+0.73); ↓ Disfluency (-0.58), Genuineness (-0.46), Playful Style (-0.41)

Merging **Storytelling Style __low** dials back the dimension: at the recommended **125%** dose the measured Storytelling Style score moves from a 0.65 baseline to 0.39 (a -0.26 shift). The dose-response is mostly ordered but noisy between doses. That reach is a steep cost — the biggest hit is to **speech quality** (-0.29); across the board genuineness +0.09, burst-blend -0.10, speech quality -0.29. Emotionally it reads as Interest (r 0.75), Affection (0.56) and Hope/Enthusiasm/Optimism (0.54), and it moves away from Impatience and Irritability, Pain and Fatigue/Exhaustion. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Narrator Style (0.83), Smoothness (0.82) and Voice Age (0.73), while pulling down Disfluency, Genuineness and Playful Style. Practical call: merge __low at **100–125%**; expect Interest and Narrator Style to rise and speech quality to fall. If you don’t want Interest bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Impatience and Irritability to keep the storytelling style shift without the side-effect.

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