# \[Solved\] Text to speech - no spaces **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** solved, beginner\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812 "2020-02-12T16:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vera\_Cubero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/0ea827/32.png) [@Vera\_Cubero](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Vera_Cubero)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/1 "2020-02-12T16:30:07Z")
Hi. I am fairly new Thunker so this may be a simple fix. I am trying to make an app to speak for a nonverbal student. The student would type what he wants to say and the app would speak for him. I got it to work, but the input text box does not recognize space between words. Therefore, you have to input one word at a time or it all jumbles together. Can anyone help me with this? Here is a copy of my (very plain) app so far. [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4b0729e3550eab5a77247b6e44677f26](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4b0729e3550eab5a77247b6e44677f26) Thanks in advance. This kid is struggling so I hope this will work. ---
**Author:** ![Vera\_Cubero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/0ea827/32.png) [@Vera\_Cubero](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Vera_Cubero)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/2 "2020-02-12T16:54:19Z")
> [@Vera\_Cubero](#): > > Hi. I am fairly new Thunker so this may be a simple fix. I am trying to make an app to speak for a nonverbal student. The student would type what he wants to say and the app would speak for him. I got it to work, but the input text box does not recognize space between words. Therefore, you have to input one word at a time or it all jumbles together. > Can anyone help me with this? Here is a copy of my (very plain) app so far. > [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4b0729e3550eab5a77247b6e44677f26) To add clarification- on a phone it will allow space between words but not on computer keyboard and the student does not have a phone. ---
**Author:** ![jose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jose](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jose)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/3 "2020-02-12T17:00:51Z")
Hi there, you mean this is working fine on your phone, but if you use _Live Test_ spaces are not registered when you type? If so, could you please upload a screenshot? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/4 "2020-02-12T20:23:49Z")
Yep, when doing a Live Test, the text input field doesn’t add a space when I press the space bar. I can verify that this is happening with other projects as well. I reported it as a bug at [https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/383](https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/383). ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/5 "2020-02-19T17:50:27Z")
This has been fixed now ([reported here](https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/383#issuecomment-588298523)). ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-text-to-speech-no-spaces/460812/6 "2024-11-08T11:40:56Z")