My dictation on my macbook pro won't work. Please help.

Hello, every time i press the "fn" key twice, it is supposed to let me speak. Instead, it just beeps. how can i fix this?

ok, i recentley purchased one and this same thing happened, either its the charger, or the battery, but they said that to me when i took mine in. turns out they had to replace the battery,magsafe port,and the mother board:(, it took 2 weeks, get in into a store QUICK!!!!!! goodluck, but itl be free

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