The Platform for Language and Speech Technology is a cooperative group of 8 industrial and research partners (as of August 2008) for the representation of interests. Its goals are to facilitate the development of Hungarian language and speech technology, the use of tools already developed; and to present strategic goals for language and speech technology as an independent industrial branch of the future. In addition to technological development, we also undertake to provide information about the field, to make it more accessible for the general public.