dictating

/D IH1 K T EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To order, command, control.

  2. 2

    To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

    โ€œShe is dictating a letter to a stenographer.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictating