PWD ACCESS IS NOT TRUE ACCESS
IF YOU’RE ON A PENSION AND
LITERALLY CAN’T PAY 💎

OpenAI is saying the right things about accessibility.

BUT WHERE IS IT IN PRACTICE?

When I asked ChatGPT about OpenAI’s disability policy, I got pages about accessibility plans, intentions and strategy.

But plans and intentions are not access.

I have left-side hemiplegia and use only one hand. Voice is not a novelty for me. It is an accessibility tool. It makes ChatGPT substantially easier for me to use independently.

Yet extended voice access sits behind expensive subscription tiers.

I live on a pension. I cannot justify paying US$100 a month simply to have reliable access to the interface that works best with my disability.

THAT IS THE CONTRADICTION.

You cannot keep talking about accessibility while making one of the most important accessibility features something disabled people have to pay heavily to use.

ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT JUST A STATEMENT ON A WEBSITE.

It is what the product actually allows disabled people to do.

And at the moment, I see plenty of talk from OpenAI about accessibility.

I would like to see it in action as well.

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