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Newsreader Style VoiceNet dimension guide
Speaking Stylecode vn_S_NEWSslot 87
This dimension measures how much the voice reads like a newsreader. Below: the merge-scaling dose-response for the __high and __low LoRA (laion/moss-voicenet-dimension-loras) at 25/50/75/100/125%, the measured target value at each dose, the top-3 ± correlated EmoNet emotions and VoiceNet dimensions, three audio samples per dose, and a grounded prompting tip. Costs are shifts vs. the 24-sample neutral baseline in genuineness, vocal-burst blend and speech quality.
Newsreader Style controls how much the voice reads like a newsreader. The __high LoRA shifts it +0.06 at 125% (worst cost: genuineness -0.04); the __low LoRA shifts it +0.01 at 50% (worst cost: burst-blend -0.16). The __high direction is the stronger, more reliable knob here.
▲ HIGH — Newsreader Style __high
Dose-response
| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.067 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% | 0.111 | +0.04 | -0.05 | -0.06 | +0.09 |
| 50% | 0.087 | +0.02 | -0.03 | -0.01 | +0.03 |
| 75% | 0.081 | +0.01 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.03 |
| 100% | 0.101 | +0.03 | -0.08 | +0.00 | +0.00 |
| 125% ★ | 0.122 | +0.06 | -0.04 | +0.05 | +0.03 |
EmoNet emotion correlation
Contemplation+0.31
Sourness+0.19
Intoxication/Altered States+0.12
Anger-0.34
Elation-0.29
Fatigue/Exhaustion-0.28
VoiceNet dimension correlation
Harmonicity+0.67
Articulation Clarity+0.60
Formal Style+0.59
Respiration-0.73
Casual Style-0.59
Disfluency-0.50
Listen — 3 samples per dose
25%measured target: 0.03 · 0.10 · 0.26
50%measured target: 0.12 · 0.07 · 0.14
75%measured target: 0.20 · 0.07 · 0.02
100%measured target: 0.13 · 0.00 · 0.08
125% ★measured target: 0.30 · 0.20 · 0.06
Merging Newsreader Style __high ramps the dimension: at the recommended 125% dose the measured Newsreader Style score moves from a 0.07 baseline to 0.12 (a +0.06 shift). The dose-response is mostly ordered but noisy between doses. That reach is nearly free — the biggest hit is to genuineness (-0.04); across the board genuineness -0.04, burst-blend +0.05, speech quality +0.03. Emotionally it reads as Contemplation (r 0.31), Sourness (0.19) and Intoxication/Altered States (0.12), and it moves away from Anger, Elation and Fatigue/Exhaustion. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Harmonicity (0.67), Articulation Clarity (0.60) and Formal Style (0.59), while pulling down Respiration, Casual Style and Disfluency. Practical call: merge __high at 100–125%; expect Contemplation and Harmonicity to rise and genuineness to fall. If you don’t want Contemplation bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Anger to keep the newsreader style shift without the side-effect.
▼ LOW — Newsreader Style __low
Dose-response
| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.067 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% | 0.076 | +0.01 | -0.04 | -0.05 | +0.02 |
| 50% ★ | 0.075 | +0.01 | -0.06 | -0.16 | +0.02 |
| 75% | 0.083 | +0.02 | -0.06 | -0.23 | -0.04 |
| 100% | 0.212 | +0.14 | -0.09 | -0.36 | -0.05 |
| 125% | 0.088 | +0.02 | -0.03 | -0.23 | -0.12 |
EmoNet emotion correlation
Pride+0.48
Triumph+0.43
Sourness+0.27
Pleasure/Ecstasy-0.42
Hope/Enthusiasm/Optimism-0.40
Contentment-0.37
VoiceNet dimension correlation
Throat Resonance+0.69
Harmonicity+0.58
Formal Style+0.55
Casual Style-0.71
Disfluency-0.43
Genuineness-0.41
Listen — 3 samples per dose
25%measured target: 0.05 · 0.05 · 0.07
50% ★measured target: 0.12 · 0.06 · 0.06
75%measured target: 0.13 · 0.09 · 0.14
100%measured target: 0.05 · 0.09 · 0.26
125%measured target: 0.00 · 0.18 · 0.04
Merging Newsreader Style __low suppresses the dimension: at the recommended 50% dose the measured Newsreader Style score moves from a 0.07 baseline to 0.07 (a +0.01 shift). The dose-response is mostly ordered but noisy between doses. That reach is a real cost — the biggest hit is to burst-blend (-0.16); across the board genuineness -0.06, burst-blend -0.16, speech quality +0.02. Emotionally it reads as Pride (r 0.48), Triumph (0.43) and Sourness (0.27), and it moves away from Pleasure/Ecstasy, Hope/Enthusiasm/Optimism and Contentment. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Throat Resonance (0.69), Harmonicity (0.58) and Formal Style (0.55), while pulling down Casual Style, Disfluency and Genuineness. Practical call: merge __low at 25–75%; expect Pride and Throat Resonance to rise and burst-blend to fall. If you don’t want Pride bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Pleasure/Ecstasy to keep the newsreader style shift without the side-effect.