Using screen readers

Table 1-5 lists terms appearing in Sybase IQ help and user documentation that may be initially ambiguous to screen reader users unfamiliar with the product. The first column lists the term, abbreviation or acronym as it appears on screen or in print. The second column lists how the term, abbreviation or acronym is typically pronounced.

NoteIn order to use the JAWS screen reader with Sybase IQ, you must install the Java Access Bridge package, which you can download for free from Sun http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge/.

Table 1-5: Pronunciation of common IQ terms

What the screen reader says

How it is pronounced

.db

dot D B

.iqmsg

dot I Q M S G

.odbc.ini

dot O D B C dot in E

.srvlog

dot S R V log

asiqdemo

A S I Q demmo

asiqdemo.cfg

A S I Q demmo dot C F G

asiqdemo.db

A S I Q demmo dot D B

asiqdemo.iq

A S I Q demmo dot I Q

asiqdemo.iqmsg

A S I Q demmo dot I Q M S G

asiqdemo.iqtmp

A S I Q demmo dot I Q T M P

asiqdemo.log

A S I Q demmo dot log

boot.ini

boot dot in E

CLOB

C lob

dba

D B A

dbisql

D B I sequel

dbisqlc

D B I sequel C

DBLib

D B libe

dbname

D B name

dbname.db

D B name dot D B

dbname.iq

D B name dot I Q

dbname.iqmsg

D B name dot I Q M S G

dbname.iqtmp

D B name dot I Q temp

dbremote

D B remote

dbrsa9.dll

D B R S A 9 dot D L L

dbspace

D B space

dbstop

D B stop

dbtls9.dll

D B T L S 9 dot D L L

default.cfg

default dot C F G

demo

demmo

envvar

E N V V A R

ERRORLEVEL

error level

iAnywhere

I anywhere

jConnect

J connect

mydatabase.db

my database dot D B

mydatabase.log

my database dot log

mydb.db

my D B dot D B

rsaserver.crt

R S A server dot C R T

sample.crt

sample dot C R T

sp_iqcheckdb

S P underscore I Q check D B

SQL

sequel

SQLCODE

sequel code

SQLCONNECT

sequel connect

sqlpp

sequel P P

SQLSTATE

sequel state

start_asiq

start underscore A S I Q

start_asiq.exe

start underscore A S I Q dot E X E

stop_asiq

stop underscore A S I Q

svrname

S V R name

Sybase

sigh base

SybaseIQAgent

sigh base I Q agent

util_db.ini

U till underscore D B dot in E

utility_db

utility underscore D B