N73 Voice Dialing - Poor pronunciation and volume

The N73 is fantastic. However, the pronunciation of contact names is not clear English. "T's" Cell sounds like the beginning of chinese "thank you" i.e. "ts"ia tsia, rather than "tees" or "teas" cell. And, the command "General" is hardly recognizable since the r is very weak. Also, when I try to use voice dial with the Motorola IHF-1000, the sound is very, very weak ...and, mispronounced. The limited instruction in the handbook really don't cover how I can "retrain" the pronunciation. Please, any help fixing this issue would be appreciated. Cheers! David (1Sensei)

The only thing I can think to suggest is that the voice recognition adapts to your voice, so keep trying it, and try the 'next' option, if it gets it wrong.
I found it a nightmare to begin with on my N70, but it soon learns to recognise you
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