Microphone Calibration - can't get it to work?

Hi,
I have a new program that can use speech commands to operate, so I opened up the Speech preference in an attempt to calibrate the mic so it recognized my voice.
I slide the bar across so the level is green when I am speaking.
I speak the commands whilst suppressing the esc key and wait for some kind of 'blink' but nothing seems to be happening? The mic is receiving a level so the mic is not faulty.
Any Ideas?
How many times do you have to repeat the commands?
What does the 'blink' actually look like?
Cheers.

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