Adi

I’m actually head of accessibility and I work in product development. My work is focused on feature reviews, audits, and user testing. Though my PhD is in a field within computer science so I can go through a code base when needed 😉

Adi sitting in their hotel room chair, wearing a brown checkered shirt dress and black and brown cat-eye glasses, they are holding up their fingers in a peace sign and smiling

It’s time for the Audio Developer Conference 2024. I will be giving a presentation tomorrow in the Inclusive Design Workshop. Maybe I’ll catch you there #ADC24

…a thousand cuts. Sorry for all my friends in the states today who hoped for a better outcome. Sorry to everyone in the world that will feel the wave of impact from this very sad moment.

Adi slightly smiling with their head tilted to the left, their dark brown hair is pulled up and away from their face, they are wearing oversized tortoiseshell glasses and a black tank top.

Hello! Not new here but some of you are - welcome ❤️
I’m Adi (pronounced like the ady in shady). I lead all things accessibility at Ableton. I make music and have been known to talk too much. Recently I’ve been working on Live 12, Note, and Move. Previously associated with Samsung and GitHub. ✨

Move is coming soon | Ableton Sign up or follow to find out first.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on 👀 www.ableton.com/en/move/

👀 can’t wait for y’all to find out

A set of 20 black and white Photo Booth prints featuring Adi and their two daughters pulling funny faces and smiling

“You never look bad when you are having fun” is a truth I want to teach my girls. I want them to choose fun every day and laugh at anyone who tries to stand in their way.

Honestly have laughed at your posts since the before times (pre-pandemic, maybe even pre-glitch). Massive respect for the post, the real question is can you even get any hotter and smarter? And is that fair on the rest of us if you do?
Open invite to join me for coffee in Berlin anytime 🤘✨

A selfie of Adi sitting on a tram. They are wearing a brown jacket, a black cap, and purplish glasses with glitter in them.

Good morning from Berlin

Sure for a “longer image description” you can do this, the issue is that in this case and in many other cases the additional information isn’t a description of the image. Long descriptions for alt text are to allow for more complex or content rich image descriptions.

It’s a form of misuse of alt text that should be avoided at all costs. Whilst this example is pretty innocent and could be considered a nice “Easter egg” of content it would be better placed in the original post text to not misuse the alt text field.

It also happens a lot and wastes a lot of time for folks using screen readers. The worst culprits are when brands add SEO terms into alt text on decorative images. It’s disrespectful at the very least but hugely inaccessible in some scenarios where it can cause confusion and disorientation.

If you use a screen reader you might not want to skip alt text even when you think it is no longer contextually important just in case there is something there. Adding anything into alt text beyond a contextually correct and factual description reduces accessibility.

But please don’t stop sharing your wonderful art with us (words and pictures)

Hey @spacefag.bsky.social beautiful words indeed but next time you should post anything that isn’t descriptive text about the image outside the alt text to keep it accessible 💖

The view from Waschauer Straße Bridge. Looking over a railing and down the river, the sky above is blue with wisps of white clouds and the sun is reflecting off the river.

Morning from Berlin

Looking up at a street sign for “Schönhauser Allee” against a blue sky, with green trees and buildings in the background

Good morning from Berlin

Omg this is exactly what I was drawn to as well 😅

A gregg‘s sausage roll lying on top of a paper bag with the gregg‘s logo

Wait a minute are you talking about these Greggs?

Oh they got you good 😂 but you look 🔥🔥🔥

Where is the spacey bra from I love it

A view looking down the river from the bridge near Waschauer Straße station

Morning from Berlin

Happy to help if you need some guidance 💖

Awesome - what will the plug-in do?

The people for sure! We are all just a bunch of music makers who also make stuff for other music makers

👋 if you have questions maybe I can help?

Ahahaha this is totally my love language… lewd followed by “please don’t touch me rn”

Not the kind of vibrating alarm the HT was hoping for… 😂

Happy purrrrrride right back at ya 🏳️‍🌈🐈

Venus As A Boy - Björk (Cover by DeLaurentis) Here is an Ableton Push 3 Performance in standalone mode shot in Paris at the top of the \ Venus As A Boy - Björk (Cover by DeLaurentis) [Ableton Push 3 Performance]

So today was a launch day over at Ableton. We’ve had so many great artists sharing their first impressions of the new Push and live performances, here’s one of my favourites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVYyH8EuQiI