Working in a quiet place away from background noise and interruptions, the language worker respeaks source texts onto a second recorder, or provides an oral translation into a second recorder.  The logbooks for both recorders are updated.  Respeaking and oral translation should involve two speakers of the language, and two voice recorders, as shown in the picture below.  Practice is required in order to do this well!

The tasks of the two people (controller and speaker) are shown in the following table:

Task	Controller	Speaker
Voice recorder	playback of original text; hold close to other person, with playback speaker facing them, and with volume set high	recording new speech; select folder E, hold recorder about 10cm from mouth
Previewing text	listen through recording; pause to discuss anything which is unclear or unfamiliar	ask the controller to pause if you want to check pronunciation or meaning of any words
Introducing recording	inform speaker the recorder number, folder name and file number, e.g. "G12-A07"	start recording, give date, location, your name, and text identifier; check red recording light is on
Controlling recorder	pause playback at regular intervals (respeaking: 2-3s, translating: 5-10s); try to pause at phrase boundaries	leave recorder running; do not touch controls
Speaking	monitor the other person's speech, to ensure that it is: slow, loud, and accurate (for respeaking, no missing or mispronounced words, for translation, no missing content)	respeaking: careful, clear, connected speech; say the words that were heard (don't rephrase); translating: compose a translation in your head, and then say it; if the text contains a cultural term (e.g. "peace plant") then give its cultural function and appearance the first time it occurs in a text
Correcting	use hand signals to control the speaker: pushing motion (slower), raising motion (louder), circular motion (repeat).  If necessary, say what you think the speaker should have said, or mention a missing word; if your speech interrupts the speaker ask him/her to repeat	pay attention to controller; self-correct when necessary; don't touch controls but leave the recorder running continuously, even during corrections
Documenting	find the existing record in your logbook, write a comment "respoken", giving identifier of new recording, e.g. "G17-E23"	create a new entry in your logbook, giving identifier of the source file, e.g. "G12-C09"

Updating Logbook

Participants should keep all logbooks up-to-date as the above activities are conducted.  In the logbook for the operators recorder, add a comment identifying the task and where it was recorded, as shown in red below:

	Date/Loc	Identifier	Operator	Participants	Type	Topic	Comments
*	27/4/10  Moife	G12-C09	Name	Name, Name, Name	I	arrival story	respoken G17-E02 translated G17-E23

In the logbook for the talker's recorder, add a new row for each new recording.  Specify type Annotation.

	Date/Loc	Identifier	Operator	Participants	Type	Topic	Comments
	18/6/10  Goroka	G17-E02	Name		A	respeaking G12-C09
	20/6/10  Goroka	G17-E23	Name		A	translated G12-C09

The physical logbook is the primary copy, and information should be transferred to the online logbook regularly.  If it is not possible to work with an online logbook, the template can be downloaded here, and edited using Microsoft Excel.