Could it be something set in System Preferences>keyboard>text? Maybe a space is replaced with a space/delete combination?
I was thinking the same thing Jake.
I am also wondering if such a thing would show by highlighting the keys involved with the Keyboard Viewer window open. In this case, maybe both spacebar plus delete keys would highlight showing both have been set, which couldn't confirm your suggestion. Definitely worth checking I would say, and easy enough to do.
Conversely, try using the Keyboard Viewer to type the text needed and see if it behaves properly, especially clicking the spacebar in the Keyboard Viewer window and see if it doesn't produce a proper space, and without a backspace.
PS: I have been playing around with Mac OS X Dictation in Mavericks. And I don't know if it has improved with later Systems, but one thing it doesn't seem able to do is to enter a space or spaces using any voice command.
PPS: anyone have a spare registration/serial number for an old Version 3 of Dragon Dictate I could use that should work as Nuance seems to have pulled out of the Mac voice recognition market and provides zero support. As if they ever really did.
- Patrick
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