diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4888873..e565bb6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ function generateUtterances(str, slots, dictionary, exhaustiveUtterances) {
       utterance = utterance.replace(/\{(.*?)\}/g,function(match,p1){ 
         return (isSlotLiteral(match)) ? match : "{"+values[slotmap[p1]]+"|"+p1+"}";
       });
+      //replace all extra spaces within the utterance that could create an issue when trying to recite them.
+      utterance = utterance.replace(/ +/g, " ");
       utterances.push( utterance );
     });
   }