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                                 EXHIBIT 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Caere Corporation:

We consent to incorporation herein by reference of our report dated January 28,
1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Caere Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, and the related
schedule, which reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the December
31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Caere Corporation.

/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



San Jose, California
May 19, 1997