ATMac tells us to do just one thing with MACSpeech Dictate
...and it's to turn on the "Always show recognition window when dictating" option in the preference pane. Click on http://atmac.org/improve-macspeech-dictate-recognition-with-one-easy-step/ for Ricky Buchanan's directions...and enjoy better speech recognition starting today! (Isn't she wonderful? Don't you wish she was next to you all the time, giving you pointers?)