EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         We consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  registration
statement on Form S-8 of our report  dated March 28,  2002,  on our audit of the
consolidated financial statements of NeoMedia Technologies,  Inc. as of December
31, 2001 and for the year then ended.


/S/ STONEFIELD JOSEPHSON, INC.
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Certified Public Accountants


Irvine, California
November 27, 2002



















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