Index: src/orca/Gecko.py
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--- src/orca/Gecko.py	(revision 3623)
+++ src/orca/Gecko.py	(working copy)
@@ -7654,6 +7654,10 @@
                 line = text.getTextAfterOffset(nOffset, boundary)
                 nOffset = line[1]
 
+            char = self.getCharacterAtOffset(nextObj, nOffset)
+            if char == " ":
+                nOffset += 1
+
             nextExtents = self.getExtents(nextObj, nOffset, nOffset + 1)
             if self.onSameLine(extents, nextExtents) \
                and lastExtents != nextExtents \
