Voice blending lets you shape the stylistic character of AI suggestions without writing a prompt. You assign a percentage weight to each active voice, and Dear combines them into a blend bar that it passes as a style instruction alongside every generation request. The system is on by default and lives in the Custom voices section of AI preferences.Documentation Index
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The four built-in voices
| Voice | Style | Default weight | Default state |
|---|---|---|---|
| My voice | Your own baseline — updated continuously from your writing | 40% | On |
| Essay — Didion | Spare, observational. Short declaratives. Personal but detached. | 39% | On |
| Product memo | Direct, structured. Leads with the decision. No hedging. | 21% | On |
| Newsletter — warm | Conversational, second-person. Warm openers, light asides. | 0% | Off |
The blend bar
The blend bar at the top of the Custom voices panel is a horizontal bar divided into colored segments — one per active voice. Segment widths correspond to each voice’s weight:- My voice — dark neutral
- Essay — Didion — blue
- Product memo — green
- Newsletter — warm — purple
Setting weights
Each voice has a Weight slider ranging from 0 to 100. Dragging one slider adjusts the others automatically so all active voices always sum to 100%. The adjustment distributes the offset equally across the other active voices. If one voice would go below 0%, Dear clamps it there and redistributes the remaining difference across the others.Normalize
The Normalize button distributes weight equally among all active voices. With three voices active, each gets approximately 33% (the last voice absorbs the rounding remainder). Use Normalize to quickly reset to an even blend after experimenting.Toggling individual voices
Each voice card has an on/off toggle. Turning a voice off:- Removes its segment from the blend bar.
- Sets its percentage to 0%.
- Rebalances the remaining active voices to sum to 100%.
My voice and voice learning
My voice is anchored to your voice learning progress. The percentage learned from your human-written words (0–100%) appears on the My voice card alongside a note that it updates continuously. The higher your voice learning progress, the more accurately Dear can represent your baseline style in the blend.Creating custom voice presets
The Create a new voice form at the bottom of the Custom voices section lets you save a named style description that Dear echoes in suggestions alongside the built-in blend.Enter a name
Give the voice a short, descriptive name. Example: “Technical blog” or “Cover letters”.
Write a description
Describe the voice in plain language. Example: “Write in short sentences. Avoid adverbs. Lead with the thesis. Use plain words over jargon.” The more specific you are, the more consistently Dear can apply it.
Sample uploads for custom presets (“Add samples”) are visible in the UI but not yet active. Support for training voices from your own writing samples is coming in a future update.
Enabling and disabling voice blending
The master Custom voices toggle at the top of the section turns the entire system on or off. When disabled, Dear sends no blend instruction and generates without a named style reference. Individual voice states and weights are preserved so re-enabling restores your previous configuration.Related
- Voice learning — how Dear builds your My voice baseline
- Inline completions — where voice blending is applied to Tab suggestions
- AI guardrails — control unwanted patterns alongside voice settings