Dictation is not working on my mac with mountain lion

dictation is not working when i turn on the dictation and then press fn key twice in any text area the 3 lights are just blinking and it is closed...
please help

Quick Questions:
Is your internal microphone working?
Are you hitting the "fn" key once after finishing dictation?
When you are finished dictating and the dictation feature closes down do you hear a single beep or two?
Also, go to System Preferences> Dictation and check if the microphone icon is illuminating in a variable fashion as you speak.
Hope this helps!

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