Index: src/orca/keynames.py
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--- src/orca/keynames.py	(revision 3722)
+++ src/orca/keynames.py	(working copy)
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
 #
 __keynames["SunF37"]       = _("F 12")
 
+# Translators: this is the spoken word for the space character
+#
+__keynames["space"] = _("space")
+
 def getKeyName(key):
     """Given a keyboard key, return its name as people might refer to it
     in ordinary conversation.