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  <P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May __, 2005<BR>
  Registration
  No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
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  <B><I>Under<BR>
  The Securities Act of 1933</I></B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>SCANSOFT, INC.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
  (State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
  incorporation or organization)</B>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-3156479<BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification Number)</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>9 Centennial Drive<BR>
  Peabody, Massachusetts<BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices)</B>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01960<BR>
  (Zip code)</B></TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan<BR>
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan<BR>
  ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements (1-14)</B>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James R. Arnold, Jr.<BR>
  Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  ScanSoft, Inc.<BR>
  9 Centennial Drive<BR>
  Peabody, Massachusetts 01960<BR>
  (Name and address of agent for service)</B>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(978)&nbsp;977-2000<BR>
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
  <B>Katharine A. Martin, Esq.<BR>
  Robert Sanchez, Esq.<BR>
  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
  Professional Corporation<BR>
  650 Page Mill Road<BR>
  Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
  (650)&nbsp;493-9300</B>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities to</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>to be</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum Aggregate</B></TD>
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      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>be Registered</B></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered*</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Fee</B></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the exercise of options
  granted under the ScanSoft, Inc.
  2000 Stock Plan***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center" nowrap>4,500,000 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$17,685,000</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$2,081.52</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par
  value to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">500,000 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1,965,000</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$231.28</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;1***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">172,250 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$676,943</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$79.68</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;2***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">172,250 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$676,943</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$79.68</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;3***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">28,510 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$112,044</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$13.19</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;4***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">17,819 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$70,029</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$8.24</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;5***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">14,255 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$56,022</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$6.59</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;6***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">10,691 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$42,016</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$4.95</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;7***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">5,940 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$23,344</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$2.75</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;8***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">5,940 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$23,344</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$2.75</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;9***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">3,564 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$14,007</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.65</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;10***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">3,564 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$14,007</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.65</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;11***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">3,564 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$14,007</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.65</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;12***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">3,564 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$14,007</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.65</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;13***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">2,376 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$9,338</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.10</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px">$0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No.&nbsp;14***</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">2,376 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3.93*</TD>
      <TD nowrap>*</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$9,338</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$1.10</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">5,446,663 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$21,405,386</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$2,519.41</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement
  shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the above listed plans
  by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of
  consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
  Securities Act, on the basis of $3.93 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported
  on the NASDAQ National Market on May&nbsp;11, 2005.</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">Pursuant to a Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;23, 1996, as amended on March&nbsp;19, 2004, one preferred
  share purchase right will be issued with each share of Common Stock issued by the Registrant. The rights currently are not
  separately transferable apart from the Common Stock, nor are they exercisable until the occurrence of certain events. Accordingly,
  no independent value has been attributed to the rights.</TD>
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54992ssexv4w1.txt">EX-4.1 Scansoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54992ssexv4w2.txt">EX-4.2 Scansoft, Inc. 1995 Directors Stock Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54992ssexv4w3.txt">EX-4.3 Stand Alone Restated Stock Purchase Agreement</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54992ssexv5w1.txt">EX-5.1 Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54992ssexv23w1.txt">EX-23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by ScanSoft, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/T for the period ended September&nbsp;30, 2004
  filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December&nbsp;31,
  2004 filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2005 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10,
  2005.
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;28,
  2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;26, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;2, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;18,
  2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;10,
  2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;1, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;7, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;17,
  2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;18,
  2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;8, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;18, 2005.
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p)
  The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Commission on May 9, 2005.
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q)&nbsp;The
  Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
  Commission on May 10, 2005.
  
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
  </DIV>
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(r)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since September&nbsp;30, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(s)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be offered hereby is contained in the
  Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;20, 1995
  pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
  purpose of updating such description.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(t)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement
  contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on
  March&nbsp;19, 2004 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
  filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of
  such reports and documents.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon for ScanSoft by Jo-Anne
  Sinclair, Esq., General Counsel of ScanSoft. Ms.&nbsp;Sinclair is paid a salary by ScanSoft, is a
  participant in various employee benefit plans offered to employees of ScanSoft generally, and owns
  and has options to purchase shares of ScanSoft Common Stock.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of its directors for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permissible under
  Delaware law, as such law exists currently or as it may be amended in the future. Under Delaware
  law, such provision may not eliminate or limit director monetary liability for: (a)&nbsp;breaches of the
  director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (b)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good
  faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (c)&nbsp;the payment of unlawful
  dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or (d)&nbsp;transactions in which the director
  received an improper personal benefit. Such limitation of liability provisions also may not limit
  a director&#146;s liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the Registrant or its directors from
  the necessity of complying with, federal or state securities laws, or affect the availability of
  non-monetary remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers
  and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by law. The
  Registrant believes that indemnification under its Bylaws covers at least negligence and gross
  negligence on the part of indemnified parties. The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws also permit it to
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">secure
  insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out
  of his or her actions in such capacity, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power
  to indemnify him or her against such liability under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The
  Registrant currently has secured such insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers, in
  addition to indemnification provided for in the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws. Subject to certain
  conditions, these agreements, among other things, indemnify the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers
  for certain expenses (including
  attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any
  action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Registrant, arising out of
  such person&#146;s services as a director or officer of the Registrant, any of its subsidiaries or any
  other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant&#146;s request.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</B>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors&#146;
  Stock Option Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 above).</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
  </TR>
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  </DIV>
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this Registration Statement
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
  the Registration Statement.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
  being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
  </DIV>
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
  time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Peabody, State of
  Massachusetts on the
  12<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of May,
  2005.
  
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">SCANSOFT, INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Paul A. Ricci</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Paul A. Ricci&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul A. Ricci
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
  Officer, and Director (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul A. Ricci</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James R. Arnold, Jr.
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James R. Arnold, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate
  Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gerald C. Kent, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert M. Finch</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Frankenberg</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John C. Freker, Jr.</DIV></TD>
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  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William H. Janeway</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Katharine A. Martin</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mark B. Myers</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert G. Teresi</DIV></TD>
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       <TD>*By:</TD>
       <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
       <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ James R. Arnold, Jr.</TD>
       <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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       <TD>James R. Arnold, Jr.</TD>
       <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors&#146;
  Stock Option Plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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  <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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text: Scansoft, Inc.
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May __, 2005
  Registration
  No. 333-
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Under
  The Securities Act of 1933
  SCANSOFT, INC.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  94-3156479
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  9 Centennial Drive
  Peabody, Massachusetts
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  01960
  (Zip code)
  ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors' Stock Option Plan
  ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements (1-14)
  (Full title of the plan)
  James R. Arnold, Jr.
  Chief Financial Officer
  ScanSoft, Inc.
  9 Centennial Drive
  Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (978) 977-2000
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  Katharine A. Martin, Esq.
  Robert Sanchez, Esq.
  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  Professional Corporation
  650 Page Mill Road
  Palo Alto, CA 94304
  (650) 493-9300
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Title of Each Class
  Amount
  Maximum
  Proposed
  Amount of
  of Securities to
  to be
  Offering Price
  Maximum Aggregate
  Registration
  be Registered
  Registered*
  Per Share
  Offering Price
  Fee
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the exercise of options
  granted under the ScanSoft, Inc.
  2000 Stock Plan***
  4,500,000 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $17,685,000
  $2,081.52
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par
  value to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors' Stock Option Plan***
  500,000 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $1,965,000
  $231.28
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 1***
  172,250 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $676,943
  $79.68
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 2***
  172,250 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $676,943
  $79.68
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 3***
  28,510 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $112,044
  $13.19
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 4***
  17,819 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $70,029
  $8.24
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 5***
  14,255 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $56,022
  $6.59
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 6***
  10,691 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $42,016
  $4.95
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 7***
  5,940 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $23,344
  $2.75
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 8***
  5,940 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $23,344
  $2.75
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 9***
  3,564 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $14,007
  $1.65
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 10***
  3,564 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $14,007
  $1.65
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 11***
  3,564 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $14,007
  $1.65
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 12***
  3,564 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $14,007
  $1.65
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 13***
  2,376 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $9,338
  $1.10
  Common Stock
  $0.001 par value to be issued
  upon the granting of restricted
  stock granted under the ScanSoft,
  Inc. Stand-Alone Restricted Stock
  Purchase Agreement No. 14***
  2,376 shares
  $
  3.93*
  *
  $9,338
  $1.10
  Total
  5,446,663 shares
  $21,405,386
  $2,519.41
  *
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement
  shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the above listed plans
  by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
  consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  **
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
  Securities Act, on the basis of $3.93 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported
  on the NASDAQ National Market on May 11, 2005.
  ***
  Pursuant to a Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated as of October 23, 1996, as amended on March 19, 2004, one preferred
  share purchase right will be issued with each share of Common Stock issued by the Registrant. The rights currently are not
  separately transferable apart from the Common Stock, nor are they exercisable until the occurrence of certain events. Accordingly,
  no independent value has been attributed to the rights.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART II
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
  ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
  ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
  ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
  ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EX-4.1 Scansoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan
  EX-4.2 Scansoft, Inc. 1995 Directors Stock Plan
  EX-4.3 Stand Alone Restated Stock Purchase Agreement
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair
  EX-23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
  EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  EX-24.1 Power of Attorney
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  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  The following documents previously filed by ScanSoft, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement:
  (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/T for the period ended September 30, 2004
  filed with the Commission on January 6, 2005.
  (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31,
  2004 filed with the Commission on February 9, 2005.
  (c) The
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March 31, 2005 filed with the Commission on May 10,
  2005.
  (d) The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on January 28,
  2005.
  (e) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 26, 2004.
  (f) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 2, 2004.
  (g) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 18,
  2004.
  (h) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 10,
  2004.
  (i) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 1, 2005.
  (j) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 7, 2005.
  (k) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 17,
  2005.
  (l) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on February 18,
  2005.
  (m) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 17, 2005.
  (n) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on April 8, 2005.
  (o) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on April 18, 2005.
  (p)
  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Commission on May 9, 2005.
  (q) The
  Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
  Commission on May 10, 2005.
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  (r) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since September 30, 2004.
  (s) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered hereby is contained in the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 20, 1995
  pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
  purpose of updating such description.
  (t) The description of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement
  contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on
  March 19, 2004 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
  filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of
  such reports and documents.
  ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
  Inapplicable.
  ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
  The validity of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon for ScanSoft by Jo-Anne
  Sinclair, Esq., General Counsel of ScanSoft. Ms. Sinclair is paid a salary by ScanSoft, is a
  participant in various employee benefit plans offered to employees of ScanSoft generally, and owns
  and has options to purchase shares of ScanSoft Common Stock.
  ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
  The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of its directors for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permissible under
  Delaware law, as such law exists currently or as it may be amended in the future. Under Delaware
  law, such provision may not eliminate or limit director monetary liability for: (a) breaches of the
  director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (b) acts or omissions not in good
  faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (c) the payment of unlawful
  dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or (d) transactions in which the director
  received an improper personal benefit. Such limitation of liability provisions also may not limit
  a director's liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the Registrant or its directors from
  the necessity of complying with, federal or state securities laws, or affect the availability of
  non-monetary remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
  The Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers
  and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by law. The
  Registrant believes that indemnification under its Bylaws covers at least negligence and gross
  negligence on the part of indemnified parties. The Registrant's Bylaws also permit it to
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  secure
  insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out
  of his or her actions in such capacity, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power
  to indemnify him or her against such liability under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The
  Registrant currently has secured such insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.
  The Registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers, in
  addition to indemnification provided for in the Registrant's Bylaws. Subject to certain
  conditions, these agreements, among other things, indemnify the Registrant's directors and officers
  for certain expenses (including
  attorney's fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any
  action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Registrant, arising out of
  such person's services as a director or officer of the Registrant, any of its subsidiaries or any
  other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant's request.
  ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  Inapplicable.
  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
  4.2
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors'
  Stock Option Plan.
  4.3
  ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.
  5.1
  Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc.
  23.1
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.3
  Consent of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney.
  ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this Registration Statement
  (i) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
  the Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
  being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
  time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Peabody, State of
  Massachusetts on the
  12
  th
  day of May,
  2005.
  SCANSOFT, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Paul A. Ricci
  Paul A. Ricci
  Chairman of the Board and
  Chief Executive Officer
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Paul A. Ricci
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
  Officer, and Director (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  May 12, 2005
  Paul A. Ricci
  /s/ James R. Arnold, Jr.
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  May 12, 2005
  James R. Arnold, Jr.
  /s/ Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate
  Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
  May 12, 2005
  Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  Robert M. Finch
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  Robert J. Frankenberg
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  John C. Freker, Jr.
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  William H. Janeway
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  Katharine A. Martin
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  Mark B. Myers
  *
  Director
  May 12, 2005
  Robert G. Teresi
  *By:
  /s/ James R. Arnold, Jr.
  James R. Arnold, Jr.
  Attorney-in-Fact
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
  4.2
  ScanSoft, Inc. 1995 Directors'
  Stock Option Plan.
  4.3
  ScanSoft, Inc. Stand Alone Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.
  5.1
  Opinion of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc.
  23.1
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.3
  Consent of Jo-Anne Sinclair, General Counsel of ScanSoft, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney.