You're right, sorry, fixed it. thanks!

Not a kata issue, that's the format of the Python framework, it is (your function returned this and) should be equal to (expected value).

No, 2 and 8 are 4 presses, please read the examples.

W 1
H 2
E 2
R 3
E 2
  1
D 1
O 3
  1
U 2
  1
W 1
A 1
N 2
T 1
  1
2 4
  1
M 1
E 2
E 2
T 1
  1
L 3
8 4
R 3
---
  47

Total 47, 8 is 4 presses (T->U->V->8) and 2 is also 4 presses (A->B->C->2). Your code is wrong, the kata is ok.

This problem isn't right (WHERE DO U WANT 2 MEET L8R) = is 41 not 47

	------- ------- -------
	|     | | ABC | | DEF |
	|  1  | |  2  | |  3  |
	------- ------- -------
	------- ------- -------
	| GHI | | JKL | | MNO |
	|  4  | |  5  | |  6  |
	------- ------- -------
	------- ------- -------
	|PQRS | | TUV | | WXYZ|
	|  7  | |  8  | |  9  |
	------- ------- -------
	------- ------- -------
	|     | |space| |     |
	|  *  | |  0  | |  #  |
	------- ------- -------

Key Presses
W: 9 1
H: 4 2
E: 3 2
R: 7 3
E: 3 2
: 0 1
D: 3 1
O: 6 3
: 0 1
U: 8 2
: 0 1
W: 9 1
A: 2 1
N: 6 2
T: 8 1
: 0 1
2: 2 1
: 0 1
M: 6 1
E: 3 2
E: 3 2
T: 8 1
: 0 1
L: 5 3
8: 8 1
R: 7 3

Total = 42

You have 6 spaces in the phrase, you need to readjust your spaces = 1 not 2 on your tests
its disappointing that its been a year and this kata hasn't been fixed yet