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A Visually Impaired Assistance Benchmark for VLM-as-a-Judge Evaluation
arXiv:2605.31351v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-based Visually Impaired Assistance (VIA) remains challenging, largely due to the high cost of human evaluation. The VLM-as-a-Judge paradigm may offer a promising alternative, although it has mostly been studied in general domains. We therefore ask whether such judges can be trusted for VIA tasks.
AIDEN: Design and Pilot Study of an AI Assistant for the Visually Impaired
arXiv:2511.06080v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper presents AIDEN, an artificial intelligence-based assistant designed to enhance the autonomy and daily quality of life of visually impaired individuals, who often struggle with object identification, text reading, and navigation in unfamiliar environments. Existing solutions such as screen readers or audio-based assistants facilitate access to information but frequently lead to auditory overload and raise privacy concerns in open...
Toward Accessible Mobile Money: A Voice-Driven, Biometrically Secured USSD Automation Framework for Visually Impaired Users
Announce Type: new Abstract: Financial inclusion has expanded significantly across Africa through mobile money services delivered primarily via USSD technology. However, visually impaired individuals continue to face accessibility and security barriers when conducting financial transactions. Current USSD systems are not designed for non-visual interaction, forcing users to rely on third-party assistance even for PIN entry, thereby increasing fraud exposure and reducing transaction confidence.
Hanger Reflex Based Driving Assistance for Drivers with Peripheral Visual Field Defects
Announce Type: new Abstract: Drivers with peripheral visual field defects may fail to notice pedestrians in their peripheral visual field, leading to delayed hazard awareness and increased collision risk. This study explores hanger reflex cue (HRC) as a driving assistance method for drivers with peripheral visual field defects, in which mechanical pressure is applied to specific regions of the head to facilitate anticipatory orientation toward potentially risky pedestrians and support safer...
Braille to Text Translation for Bengali Language: A Geometric Approach
arXiv:2012.01494v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Braille is the only system to visually impaired people for reading and writing. However, general people cannot read Braille. So, teachers and relatives find it hard to assist them with learning.
Why Apple Might Put Cameras Into Its Next AirPods
If you were to ding Apple’s privacy credentials in one move, you could do worse than to launch AirPods with cameras. Whether or not they come to market, all of Apple’s existing ubiquitous earbuds would become a question mark for everyone in their vicinity: Are they recording me right now? According to Bloomberg’s well-sourced Mark Gurman, Apple has designed camera-equipped AirPods to allow Siri “to see” the wearer’s surroundings.
Aged care assessments under review
Minister grilled over human involvement in aged care assessments Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:07pm In short: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has strongly defended the tool used to determine how much funding individuals should receive to support them living at home, arguing it is both faster and fairer. The government has had to reassess funding for 132 people following hundreds of complaints about the tool that uses an algorithm to determine payment levels. The Health and Aged Care Department has been...
The Painful Truth About Long Covid
Nothing about long Covid adds up. Consider prevalence rates: How could one study find it affected 3.3 percent of the population of the UK but others an alarming 51 percent of South Americans and 86 percent of Egyptians? Or treatment methods: The BMJ’s systematic review of ways to treat long Covid lists two as supported by moderate evidence, cognitive behavioral therapy and physical exercise.
Mitochondria directly interact with the nuclear pore complex
Abstract Mitochondria regulate cellular processes through direct and indirect interactions with other organelles. A well-studied example has been contact with the endoplasmic reticulum at mitochondrial-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes1, which control pathways including redox and calcium homeostasis2,3. Recent studies have also reported direct mitochondria–nuclear membrane contacts in cancer cells and yeast that promote pro-survival signalling4,5.
SIRT7 regulates dosage compensation and safeguards the female X chromosome
Abstract Sirtuins are deacetylases implicated in stress responses and longevity in mammals1,2. Although their differential impact on disease for the two sexes has been noted3,4,5,6,7, the underlying reasons are unclear. Here, using Sirt7 as a model in mice, we examine the mechanisms leading to sex differences and find that Sirt7−/− female mice have decreased fitness throughout their lifespan.