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-8, with respect to 4,647,113 shares of Common Stock of Lernout &
Hauspie Speech Products N.V., of our report dated April 9, 1999 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report
appears in the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 20-F of Lernout & Hauspie
Speech Products N.V. filed on June 30, 1999.

Brussels, Belgium
June 13, 2000


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Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren

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