Mountain Lion Dictation does not dictate.

when i installed the OS X i got a problem, and that is the Dictation doesn't work. When i try to dictate, the siri like microphone shows up and when i speak to it, three dots are loading but then it wiggles ( the three dots go left then right) then the little siri microphone goes. Nothing happens.
So please can you help me with this so i can use the dictation. 
NOTE: i enabled it already.

There are some apps that mess around with the Sound preferences to the point where getting normal settings to work properly become flaky. One of those apps is 'Boom', the very kewl app for amplifying and EQing your Mac. I personally have watched this happen.
Solutions to try in recommended order:
1) Reboot your Mac and see if the problem went away.
2) Go into the potentially offending app's settings and turn it OFF. This is easy in Boom. Be sure to turn off EQ as well. See if the problem went away. Reboot again to see if that helps.
3) UNINSTALL the potentially offending app. (Be sure you have the installer in case you want to reinstall it! If you bought it off the Mac App Store, you can get it there again). Reboot. See if the problem is gone.
4) Reboot and login with the SHIFT KEY DOWN. This stops user account specific apps and services from running. See if the problem is gone. If it is gone at this point, something else that loads into your user account is the cause. Troubleshooting must commence...
The idea is to get your Mac back to source condition, the way Apple intended. If it doesn't work at that point, something else is to blame. Examples: Crap microphone, bad mic connection, environment noise, English dialect, messed up 10.8 installation, dying hard drive or RAM.
BTW: I got dictation working fine with Boom running. It just took some fiddling around and a reboot. I am, however, going to go buy a better noise canceling microphone.

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