EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                     ASPECT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
 
             INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
 
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos.
33-36437, 33-36438, 33-39243, 33-69010, 33-50048, 33-94810, 333-07407, 333-
24315, 333-38041, 333-53195, and 333-57545 on Form S-8 and Nos. 333-19893,
333-31381, 333-38909, 333-52093, 333-66461 and 333-74603 on Form S-3 of Aspect
Telecommunications Corporation of our report dated January 18, 1999,
incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Aspect
Telecommunications Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1998.
 
  Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedule of Aspect
Telecommunications Corporation, listed in Item 14(a)(2). This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion,
such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material
respects the information set forth therein.
 
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
San Jose, California
March 25, 1999