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<DESCRIPTION>EX-23.5 CONSENT OF KOST FORER GABBAY KASIERER, A MEMBER OF ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of ScanSoft, Inc. of our report dated January
17, 2005 with respect to the financial statements of ART Advanced Recognition
Technologies Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 2004 which appear in Form 8-K/A dated
April 8, 2005.

                                                /s/ Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
Tel-Aviv, Israel                                  KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
September 16, 2005                              A Member of Ernst & Young Global
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