Recorded Text Testing

Recorded Text Testing
Background Research
Intelligibility Interviews
Choose Kind of Test
Choose Test Points
Materials
Obtain a Text
Develop Questions
Create Introduction Text
Assemble Pilot Test
Administer Pilot Test
Select Final Questions
Build Reference Tests
Develop Post-RTT Questions
Administer Text Test Set
Process Scores

Recorded Text Testing (RTT) can help surveyors understand how well people in certain areas understand particular speech varieties. The pages linked in the table to the right can help walk you through the RTT process.

Some sample RTTs are here.