Non-profit association · Valais
Digital innovation for everyone.
The WizIT association builds apps for people with an intellectual disability, together with the institutions that support them.
Mainstream digital technology often leaves out people with an intellectual disability. WizIT designs, with the institutions that support them, apps built for their autonomy, on a non-profit basis.
Mission
What we do
Our mission
Develop practical digital solutions with experts in technology and the human sciences, on a non-profit basis.
Autonomy
Give people with an intellectual disability the opportunity to bring digital tools into their daily lives.
Applied research
Carry out research projects with the HES-SO Valais-Wallis and Innosuisse, and turn them into apps that work in the field.
Our projects
Kotoba
An app that turns a letter, a photo or a recording into a document that is easy to read and understand (Easy Read, called FALC in French). A question asked in your own words gets an answer in Easy Read. Spoken reading, word by word, with no account to create.
Run by WizIT — pilot under way, no partner at this stage
WizMac Explorer
A file manager for macOS that keeps the habits of Windows Explorer: a folder tree on the left, cut and paste, undo, Delete for the Trash. For people who learned on Windows and now have to work on a Mac. Free for non-commercial use.
Developed by WizIT — free download (Apple Silicon)
NAKAMA
Development of a conversational AI companion to bridge the digital divide. The solution combines speech recognition adapted to atypical speech, an LLM to understand broken syntax, and multimodal interfaces.
Consortium: WizIT, FOVAHM, HES-SO Valais-Wallis (HEI, HETS, HEG)
Kim Scout
A series of adventure games where you explore, click and solve the surprises of everyday life: shopping, money, the bus. Kim, 23, has just moved in, and a deadpan pigeon keeps Kim company. Everything is read aloud, every idea has a pictogram, and a mistake gets an explanation, not a “you lose”. Two episodes are playable; a 3D view is being tried out.
Run by WizIT — free game, no ads, no account
LERNIT
An app that creates interactive learning scenarios with AI, without writing a line of code. The educator describes the situation to work on, the AI turns it into a scenario, then the educator corrects it and adapts it to the person they support.
Partners: HES-SO Valais-Wallis (HEI), HETS-FR, ART21, FOVAHM
PERILUDUS
A feasibility study on adapted video games. How to design game mechanics that are understandable without being patronising, and a game that stays playable without help from start to finish.
Supported by the Fondation pour la recherche en faveur des personnes handicapées
ATM Simulation
A learning app for withdrawing money that reproduces the screen, the keypad and the slots of a real cash machine. You slide the card in, type the code, take the banknotes — without risk. Web version: nothing to install, on a tablet or a computer.
Deployed for the FOVAHM (March 2022) — rewritten for the browser in 2026
Train Journey Simulation
A prototype of an immersive 3D simulation for learning to use transport. A study to confirm the technical, educational and budget feasibility of training in virtual reality.
Carried out for the FOVAHM (Dec. 2022)
Operational management for an association
An app to manage members, invoicing, expense reports and accounting for the Association Romande Trisomie 21.
Carried out for the Association Romande Trisomie 21
With our partners
- HES-SO Valais-Wallis
- Innosuisse
- FOVAHM
- HETS-FR
- ART21
- Association Romande Trisomie 21
- Fondation pour la recherche en faveur des personnes handicapées
Available · macOS
WizMac Explorer
A file manager for Mac that keeps the habits of Windows Explorer: a folder tree on the left, cut and paste, undo, Delete for the Trash.
Discover WizMac ExplorerFrequently asked questions
Another question? Write to info@wizit.org.
What is WizIT?
A non-profit association based in La Forclaz, in Valais. It builds apps for people with an intellectual disability, together with the institutions that support them.
Who do you work with?
With institutions of the canton, such as FOVAHM, and with research: the HES-SO Valais-Wallis and Innosuisse.
I have a project or an idea for a collaboration.
Write to us at info@wizit.org. Describe the need and the people concerned.
How can I support the association?
With a gift of any amount. It pays for the work on our apps. See Support WizIT.
A problem with an app?
Write to support. Say which app, what you did, and what happened.
Write to support WizMac Explorer help
In WizMac Explorer, Help › Report a Problem… prepares the message.
Support WizIT or write to us
Support WizIT
WizIT is a non-profit association. A gift of any amount pays for the work on our apps for people with an intellectual disability, and on WizMac Explorer.
On a secure Stripe page, by card or another way it offers.
Write to us
A project, a question or a collaboration:
info@wizit.orgAssociation WizIT · Chemin des Fourcles 13 · 1985 La Forclaz VS · Switzerland