<PAGE>
Exhibit 23.03
Independent Auditors' Consent
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, with respect to 4,647,113 shares of Common Stock of Lernout &
Hauspie Speech Products N.V., of our report dated February 11, 2000 (March 7,
2000 as to Note 14), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Dictaphone
Corporation and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1999.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
-------------------------
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
June 13, 2000
1
