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Exhibit 23.01
The Board of Directors
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3, with respect to 10,011,236 shares of common stock of Lernout &
Hauspie Speech Products N.V., of our report dated April 27, 2000, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity, cash flows and comprehensive
income (loss) for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 20-F
and Form 10-K of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.
/s/ Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren
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Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren
Brussels, Belgium
June 30, 2000
