Can't find dictation under system preferences

ok so i JUST bought a new macbook pro from the apple store yesterday. it has the newest os system, mountain lion. at the store, an emplyee showed me on a display mac pro that by pressing the fn butting twice, it brought up dictation. However, when i do that with my mac, its not coming u. when i go into system preferences, the only option i see is called "speech". when i click it, it says nothing about dictation. do i need Pages to make this work? help please!! thanks

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