Ms Rosita Apaza Machaca:

The best way of getting a cost benefit, or making AI affordable for visually impaired people, is that there should be a stand-alone model of AI that is not linked to the Internet and can be used completely privately. Maybe if AI were subsidised for people who are visually impaired in some way, if it were possible, it would certainly lighten the burden of the cost. I use a pair of Meta AI glasses and they are fantastic. They help me and they mean I can read documents. They have given me a lot more independence. On the other end of this, there are privacy concerns and there is the cost of paying for the advanced model or getting extra facilities. I cannot afford that extra cost. In one way, it limits me but in another, it gives me access to read independently documents to which I never had access previously. There has to be a way of finding a balance between the cost and meeting that cost.