The general idea

In my previous post I promised to discuss my methodologies, methods and general workflow. For the sake of readability I will sketch the main outlines of the research and will not go into too much detail. When the time comes, I'll give more elaborate explanations about my working methods for that particular part of the research.

The research I will do consists of three core elements, in chronological order:

Literature Review
The literature review's purpose is to create an up-to-date overview of:
- accessibility issues on the Internet relating to Flash(players) and Web 2.0 in general
- research that has been done on methods of improving accessibility related to Flash (music players)
- programs and tools that have been created to improve accessibility in Flash (music players), like speaking browsers, screenreaders, etc.

It will serve as a background and reference for determining the variables and methods used during the quantitative research.

Quantitative Research
During the quantitative research I will create a list of popular Flash (music)players that I will test on accessibility with a checklist based off of the literature review and own findings. Each player will be tested with this checklist; without accessibility tools/programs, and with each one of the accessibility improving tools. The outcome of the quantitative research, coupled with the literature review, will lead to the article I'm going to write, and - if required - the development of a prototype of an accessible music/mp3 player.

Article
The article will introduce readers with sufficient basic technical knowledge of the Internet and it's underlying technologies into the land of the accessibility issues for people with vision-disabilities. It's aim is also to be a clear guide for web-developers/designers to improve accessibility when using musicplayers on their websites or developing players themselves.

That's my graduation for you in a nutshell! I'm not going to promise what I'm going to write about next, but I think it will have something to do about working on the literature review.