diff --git a/conf/voicemail_en.xml b/conf/voicemail_en.xml
index aa43af3e9c..5aafdd0238 100644
--- a/conf/voicemail_en.xml
+++ b/conf/voicemail_en.xml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   <macro name="voicemail_play_greeting">
     <input pattern="^(.*)$">
       <match>
-	<action function="say" data="$1" method="pronounced" type="items"/>
+	<action function="say" data="$1" method="pronounced" type="name_spelled"/>
 	<action function="play-file" data="voicemail/vm-not_avaliable.wav"/>
       </match>
     </input>